WASHINGTON — If Congress cannot head off a government shutdown before Oct. 1, it would mean the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones to feel the pinch.Government contractors would stop getting paid, small businesses could lose sales as nervous consumers cut spending and anyone who needs a government service, from processing a passport application to visiting a national park, would feel the shutdown firsthand.“This is about government, our budget. It’s what we pay taxes for,” said Arizona Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Danny Seiden. “Our state depends on the federal government to do just this, just this one thing, which is keep the government open.”But with just two days until the start of the next fiscal year, that appears …
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