Lobbyists trade on access and get paid to dish out intelligence about what lawmakers will likely do. This time, with government funding set to expire in days and a newbie running the House, almost no one has a clue.
That’s a message C-suite bosses and clients don’t want to hear. They’ve started preparing for a possible government shutdown — if not in about a week, in the coming months — as time runs out and lawmakers in both chambers pursue divergent and divisive paths, even within their own parties.
“We are one week out, and there is no clear path ...