[Al Skierkiewicz]

Here are a few twists for you to think about...
Here in Chicago a runaway commuter elevated train crashed early Monday morning injuring more than 30 people, the NTSB investigators are essential personnel while they are on site but revert to non-essential when they return home. The folks that make up the reports are nonessential so even though the investigators may have reached a conclusion in the crash, it can't be reported. The FBI is the official investigators on crash sites and will be paid sometime for their work, just not now. However, when they get paid is yet to be determined and may be months from now. They are required to work even without the pay for now.

The real irony is that congress gets paid through the whole debacle regardless!