The Daily Dose from Countable

It's a doozy of a day in your government -- your government, which has been partially shut down for 25 days. We discuss the big questions and what you can do about them.

It's a normal business day in Congress -- even though hundreds of thousands of federal workers are go without pay. That leads to this hot question: should lawmakers get their pay during the shutdown?

What would you do if your boss said, "keep working!...but we may not be able to pay you." This is the challenge for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, caught in the political crossfire of the government shutdown.

Thousands of federal workers are about to NOT get a paycheck because the government is 20 days into a partial shutdown. Does this effect you? Definitely.

A lesson on logic from Bert & Ernie. As Democrats & Republicans continue their shutdown scuffle, we look at the logic of President Trump's border wall arguments. It turns out, a series of statements can all be true, but still have a false conclusion.

As trash and human waste pile up in National Parks citizens are asking, "what's worse? The inconvenience of closing them during a shutdown? Or the consequences of leaving them open and unattended?"

Political campaigns are like Victoria's Secret models: a swaggering fantasy of what perfection could be. Governing, on the other hand, is not sexy lingerie -- it's your Mom's underwear.

Most of Congress wants to end the government shutdown. On its very first day in power, the new Democratic House Majority passed a bill to do just that. So why won't the Senate even bring it up? The answer: party politics.

It's Opening Day of the freshly elected 116th Congress. The House of Representatives is poised to elect Democrat Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker, who's ready to charge like a bull at President Donald Trump. Welcome to divided government, America.