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The authority to spend is what expires at midnight tonight. They are technically out of time, by expiration date, rather than physically out of money. It would be illegal to spend money after midnight. If there isn’t a signed bill tonight, the government officially begins its shutdown procedure.

(Which, by the way, is to give formal written notice to every employee by noon tomorrow that they are either officially laid off; or are considered a health and safety employee that must work without pay.