Another day, another misdeadline.
Funding ran out for the Department of Homeland Security and Congress went home.
The lapse points to a consistent failure by lawmakers to do their job on time.
What's going wrong?
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The third partial shutdown of the US government in three months is having less obvious effects than the others.
Funding ran out for the Department of Homeland Security,
though key employees like airport security remain on the job.
Rather than immediate chaos, the funding lapse points to a larger issue,
the consistent failure by Congress to do its job on time.
The misdeadline does make it harder for the government to think ahead, and it's become routine.
NPR congressional reporter Sam Greenglass was listening to lawmakers