I sent my "shutdown coercion advocate" Congressman Pearce an email asking him to stop the foolishness since a number of businesses in my community with Forest Service contracts have also shut down, and this is the response I got:
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Thank you for contacting me. My office is temporarily closed due to the government shutdown and will reopen as soon as the Senate and Administration act on moving forward with appropriations bills to fund our government.

Due to the government shutdown, my office is unable to provide constituent services. We apologize for any inconvenience during this time. If you would like to contact your Senators and encourage the Senate to act, please call the Senate Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Please be sure to check http://pearce.house.gov/ as well as www.Facebook.com/RepStevePearce for information regarding the government shutdown and updates as we receive them.

Sincerely,
Steve Pearce
Member of Congress

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller