US Government Shutdown March 4: Comet Elenin?

Will the federal government shut down on March 4th and does this have anything to do with the arrival of the comet Elenin?

http://m.neontommy.com/news/2011/02/c…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110226/a…

http://gizmodo.com/#!5768805/tsa-hara…