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16 Oct 2013, 10:34 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/compromise-or-col ... 23572.html

"At the end of the 16th day of the government shutdown, the Senate and House passed a bill that would reopen the government and avert a potentially cataclysmic default on U.S. debt payments by raising the federal government's debt limit.

The Senate voted 81-18 to pass the measure, and the House voted 285-144.

The final package, unveiled by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor earlier in the day, would fund the government through Jan. 15 and raise the debt ceiling through Feb. 7."

Will they do a better job this time? I doubt it.


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16 Oct 2013, 10:43 pm

We are doomed! Beware the ides of Jan.



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16 Oct 2013, 11:16 pm

Doe this mean my disability application will finally go through?


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17 Oct 2013, 12:11 am

hooray.


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17 Oct 2013, 4:38 am

redrobin62 wrote:
Doe this mean my disability application will finally go through?


It certainly seems so - thank the Lord.


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17 Oct 2013, 2:26 pm

Let's celebrate! :D


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17 Oct 2013, 2:53 pm

What government?

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17 Oct 2013, 3:14 pm

Fnord wrote:
What government?

:wink:


1 percenters who call themselves members of Congress. :lol:


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17 Oct 2013, 3:15 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if in January 2014, the next possible shutdown will be twice as long.


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18 Oct 2013, 11:03 am

Inventor wrote:
We are doomed! Beware the ides of Jan.


Bear in mind that in January the Ides fall on the 13th.


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