Starting U.S. Government Seen as Harder Than Shutting It Down

Starting up the government will be harder than it was to shut it.

The legislation passed by Congress last night to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government into 2014 will bring hundreds of thousands of federal workers back to their jobs and reopen national parks and museums. Yet it may be weeks or even months before the government resumes issuing loans, payments and contracts at a normal pace.