Results?

It seems that this week people are more concerned about the first government default: http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2013/10/week-two-shutdown-will-there-be-compromise/71399/ . However, although we know what the end result will be, we are no closer to the solution. The Senate is still unrelenting and the House is still pushing for negotiations, evens if it's not on Obamacare. You would think that knowing what the result would be, we would work harder to prevent it. Apparently, such is not the case.