Real Action or More Brinkmanship?
Congress’ failure to pass a budget or a continuing resolution funding non-essential government operations led to a seventeen-day shutdown of the federal government from October 1 through October 16. After agreeing to a short-term continuing resolution, Congress re-opened the government to at least January 15, 2014 when the current funding legislation will expire.
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