It’s getting real on Capitol Hill. As the September from hell wears on, each day the specter of a 2023 shutdown becomes more of a reality for people who work on, and with, Capitol Hill. The political class has accepted that only a miracle will prevent a shutdown, though there are still some scattered Republicans and Democrats who suggest, based on his not-pretty-but-ultimately-successful performances during the speaker’s vote and debt ceiling deal, that Kevin McCarthy could pull off a Hail Mary…
But generally, everyone who has a basic knowledge of the House is adjusting their behavior in preparation for a shutdown in a slew of ways:
