Government Shutdown Update of the Day: Republicans and Democrats managed to reach a last-minute deal to prevent a government shutdown. A stopgap bill will keep the government open until next Thursday, at which point congress will vote on a budget agreement for rest of fiscal 2011.
According to a joint statement released by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the
Extreme Measure of the Day: With a government shutdown looming, Maryland Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards felt she had no choice but to resort to quoting from a White Stripes song in order to drive her point home.
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Government Shutdown Explainer of the Day: The United States government will shut itself down in less than eight hours, unleashing a whole host of negative side effects, if Republicans and Democrats cannot resolve their budgetary differences.
