If they dock everyones pay, president included, it suits the hell out of me.
As a full-time fed employee who works in an admin branch I can tell you the deal is, at least as far as military goes:
Absent a CRA or budget all fed employees noot deployed to forward combat zones or in direct support of those units will cease doing their jobs.
We sit at home/barracks/whatever.
We will not be issued paychecks at regularly scheduled pay periods but once CRA/budget passes we will receive pay at next scheduled period with all back-pay.
Alas, the mortgage is still due but I have a savings, for a bit.
Sorry kids