Open for business: Government shutdown, default averted

[Jazzy]

After 15 days of a government shutdown and on the eve of when the country was set to lose its borrowing authority, Congress passed legislation to fund the government and avert a default Wednesday night. President Obama later signed the bill, officially reopening the government and allowing federal employees to head back to work.

By a vote of 81 to 18 in the Senate and 285 to 144 in the House, the agreement, negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, was approved. It will fund the government through Jan. 15 and lift the debt ceiling through Feb. 7. The bill will also pay furloughed government workers for the time they missed during the shutdown.

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This is like putting a band aide on a leaking dam. This is just going to happen all over again in a few months.

 

[Crusader]

Good for your tourism industry at least.

 

[Evil Eye]

So... they accomplished nothing.

Good for your tourism industry at least.

I dunno, if everyone thinks it'll happen again soon they might not go too readily.

 

[Flurry]

Here's an idea, movies make all kinds of moolah. Therefore... take all that and boom. Sure it'd probably cause issues for the Movie Industry, but hey at least it would maybe help somewhat right?