Presidents come and go, control of congress shifts from one party to the other, and issues grow hot and then are pushed to the back burner. But amidst it all, one constant remains: nobody gets their panties in a wad over the prospect of a partial government shutdown like the folks in D.C. ***It’s a classic case of what Congress does best: melodrama. This brings us to the closing days of September 2025 – the last month of the federal fiscal year. So here we are once more, ready to break into the “shutdown shuffle” yet again.