"Politics"

Government Narrowly Avoids Shutdown

By Rosie Gray Sat., Apr. 9 2011 at 8:44 AM
Categories: "Politics", Barack Obama, Budget Cuts, Buraucracy Blows, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Rosie Gray, Washington D.C.
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via Good Men Project
​The government was this close to shutting down last night but managed to reach an eleventh-hour (literally) compromise before the midnight deadline. House Speaker John "Smarmy" Boehner presented the laundry list of spending cuts and revisions and got Congress' positive response just before 11 p.m. What does this mean? It means that our government is still functioning -- for now -- and it means $38.5 billion in spending cuts. More »
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