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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Senate approves temporary spending bill; House to follow

A temporary funding measure that would keep the government open past a midnight deadline has sailed through the Senate and should shortly make its way through a badly divided House and on to President Barack Obama by Wednesday night.

The 78-20 tally represented a vote of confidence for a pragmatic approach engineered by top GOP leaders determined to avoid a government shutdown.

2 comments:

  1. "pragmatic" - dealing with things sensibly and realistically (politically expedient for ruling-class elites) in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

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  2. No balls no glory.

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