We just wait it out. They get around to funding stuff when the people at home get pissed.
Not everyone is furloughed though, there's a backup fund to pay essential personnel for at least a month. Somebody's got to watch the boilers, fire sprinklers, gates, and Commies.
Ha ha, and you probably thought "Essential Personnel" were big-wigs. More firefighters, building engineers, gate gaurds, and Air Traffic Controllers fall into that category than big wigs. They don't stop bad stuff from happening.