Send in the DOGE boys!-----A government shutdown isn't really a shutdown. Most federal employees are still working and will get paid.

The federal government continues paying its biggest bills during a shutdown, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees get a belatedly paid vacation. - Jack Nicastro 

Some federal services and agencies might be put on hold, but the vast majority of the federal government, including all of its mandatory wealth transfers and obligatory payments, will remain unaffected.
During the shutdown, agencies that don't fund themselves or haven't received additional funding via a standalone bill must furlough non-excepted employees and stop their non-essential operations...