It looks like a government shut down has been averted. But not everyone is pleased.  Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review Online, writes "The GOP just caved on its promise to cut the relative pittance of $61 billion in spending because it’s just not worth fighting for more than the half-pittance of $40 billion Democrats claimed was their drop-dead number. “Drop dead” meant daring Republicans to shut the government down (which, as we know, doesn’t actually shut the government down). The Republicans blinked." Read more HERE.

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