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US Government Shutdown Ends
An anonymous reader writes "After more than two weeks of bickering that made the schoolyard appear civilized, Congress has finally passed a bill to reopen the U.S. Federal Government. 'The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 81 - 18, followed by approval in the House by a vote of 285 - 144. The bill now goes to the President, who will make remarks on Thursday regarding the reopening of the federal government. ... Earlier in the day, Speaker Boehner conceded that the House would not vote to stop the Senate-negotiated agreement. In a statement, the Speaker said that, after a fight with President Obama over his signature health care law, " . . . blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us." The agreement will raise the debt limit until February 2014, fund the government through January 2014 and establish a joint House-Senate committee to make spending cut decisions.' CNN adds, 'Obama, for one, didn't seem in the mood Wednesday night for more of the same -- saying politicians in Washington have to "get out of the habit of governing by crisis." "Hopefully, next time, it will not be in the 11th hour," Obama told reporters, calling for both parties to work together on a budget, immigration reform and other issues. When asked as he left the podium whether he believed America would be going through all this political turmoil again in a few months, the President didn't waste words. "No."'"
They all need to go.
Fortunately the Capital bathrooms are open again.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Proving once again that, once all other options are eliminated, the Americans will do the right thing
Given pro is the opposite of con,
What is the opposite of progress?
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
Simple... Trust and experiance. We do not trust our government to get it right. This comes from a lot of experiance of them getting it wrong.
Given the research demonstrating that people make better decisions when they need to go to the bathroom, maybe we should reconsider that.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
As a gov't employee, you have the most ironic Slashdot username ever. :-)