No Pay?

Okay normally I hate politics. Today I hate them even more. I was reading some of the news websites and can genuinely say WHAT? If I am understanding this whole government shut down mess, military members will not be getting paid if the government shuts down. So that means not only is my husand thousands of miles away, doing a job that has never been a 40 hour work week job, and is not allowed to just not show up for work (there's major consequences for that) BUT now he has to continue to work even though we won't be getting a paycheck. Congress members will still get paid won't they? So how did our government reach the point of being so completely dysfunctional but still in service? I just don't understand...