If Congress doesn't pass a bill to fund the government by Midnight Eastern Time on Tuesday, only essential government functions will continue. Those include Social Security, Medicare, and VA benefits, along with public safety services like the TSA, FBI and air traffic controllers.

The looming shutdown comes against the backdrop of an economy on a razor's edge, both in Colorado and nationally.

The job market is cooling, inflation is rising, and businesses are pulling back investments due in large part to uncertainty over tariffs.

Gov. Jared Polis says a shutdown would increase the risk of a recession, which his budget director says there's already a 50% chance of in Colorado.

"We'll do everything we can in Colorado to combat that, but frankly we need a functional Congress, a functio

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