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Don't Lose Sleep Over a Government Shutdown
Odds are, congressional leaders won't let it happen.
Trust me.
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Congress returns today, back to its budget mess. It hasn't passed a single appropriations bill in 2015 and isn't likely to before Oct. 1, the start of the next fiscal year. That means federal agencies will have no money to spend in a few short weeks.
To keep the government's doors open, Republicans are expected to try to pass a short-term spending bill. Will they succeed?