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It appears true love is a casualty of the government shutdown: the Marriage Bureau at DC Superior Court is *closed* — the local courts in DC are funded via federal appropriations. The courts are open, but operations are affected dccourts.gov 
To be clear - this means no one can get a marriage license to get married within the District of Columbia right now
If you're surprised by the fact that the federal government shutdown is affecting the functioning of local government in DC, I've got a banger of a story to tell you about the status of congressional representation for the city's nearly 700,000 tax-paying residents
