Boehner, Reid reach early deal to avert shutdown
Source: Washington Post
Boehner, Reid reach early deal to avert shutdown
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Tuesday, July 31, 2:58 PM
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid have reached a short-term spending deal that would remove the possibility of a government shutdown from the politically sensitive fall campaign season, the two announced Tuesday.
Under the agreement, Congress would agree to fund the government for six months when the fiscal year expires Sept. 30, setting agency spending for the year at $1.047 trillion.
If approved, the deal will ensure that the government will keep operating without fuss when the year ends, a once-routine action that has become far more difficult amid Congress gridlock. It was reached nearly two months early, an especially quick resolution that demonstrated that neither party savored a major budget showdown weeks before the November elections.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/boehner-reid-reach-early-deal-to-avert-shutdown/2012/07/31/gJQAKVLENX_story.html
Actually, put this in the "about time we got something done in Washington" column. The last thing we need is a government shutdown.
elleng
(131,107 posts)I actually think POTUS would have been able to accomplish MUCH MORE with repugs if cantor had not been acting like the skunk at the garden party for the last years.
Yeah Its Spin
(236 posts)Did boner say he got 90% of what he wanted?
EC
(12,287 posts)They still have to vote and who says the tparty reps will vote for it or that Cantor won't trash it again?
elleng
(131,107 posts)That's why we've GOT to get rid of him!
jpbollma
(552 posts)No way Cantor will let this opportunity to screw over the country go to waste.
SlimJimmy
(3,182 posts)most Americans, I'm tired of it.