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U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks

posted by takyon on Friday January 25 2019, @10:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the we're-safe...-for-now... dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Senate Passes Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government, With Trump's Endorsement

President Trump has endorsed a bipartisan deal that would end the 35-day partial government shutdown. The three-week stopgap funding measure would reopen shuttered agencies while negotiations continue.

Trump announces deal to lift shutdown

President Donald Trump has endorsed a deal to reopen the US government for three weeks, after a record-breaking shutdown of federal agencies.

But the pact does not include any money that Mr Trump has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall.

See also: Dem senator unveils 'Stop STUPIDITY Act' to prevent all shutdowns
White House: 'Large down payment' on wall could end government shutdown
35 ways the shutdown is affecting America

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:13AM (3 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:13AM (#792135)

    Can't congress solve anything? Their idea of a solution is to punt the can down the road. Immigration, DACA, Dreamers, budget deficit, money in politics, whatever.

    I know if I worked like Congress did my boss would have me out on my ass in a few months.

    Gee, my house has termites. Guess I'll just quit going into the attic, problem solved. 5 years later, guess I'll just quit looking at the siding, problem solved. 5 years later, who needs those 2x4's holding up the roof anyway? X years later, house collapses, Congress is all "damn, never saw that coming".

    Bunch of fucking 2 year olds, on both sides and in the oval office. It's disgusting.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:57AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:57AM (#792143) Journal
    Nice.

    And if you did your accounting like Congress does, you'd be in jail, the moment the auditors look at the books and go "Dubya tee eff!"

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Saturday January 26 2019, @02:19AM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Saturday January 26 2019, @02:19AM (#792151)

    And with all the money you collected in taxes all those years and saved from not doing any of that maintenance, I guess you build a new one and make yourself look like someone making the house great again.

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Saturday January 26 2019, @03:48AM

    by Thexalon (636) on Saturday January 26 2019, @03:48AM (#792167)

    Here's the thing: If Congress "kicks the can down the road" for long enough, their terms are up. And frankly, given what government has done when it's had the power to act in recent years, doing nothing seems like an improvement.

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