What the fuck? That's HUGE!
As regards the debt ceiling, etc, the government will continue to do stupid stuff. Not coming to an agreement is stupid, raising the debt limit even more is stupid. It's all good for Bitcoin long term (But bad for everyone in general and US residents in particular).
Debt ceilings, shutdowns, fiscal cliffs, blah blah. That's all a bunch of political fund-raising theater. Creating and then milking each crisis in turn.
Folks outside the US point and laugh, but it's all pretty much an ignorable if ignoble part of playing out the rope that's left.