In the movie "Groundhog Day," actor Bill Murray's character gets caught in a time warp and wakes up in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on that day, facing the same day and events over and over again until he finally figures out how to change his behavior. After some trial and error, he finally finds a way to make time move forward to a promising future. The federal government is caught in a fiscal "Groundhog Day" scenario.As is known by now, a deal was struck late Wednesday night to reopen the federal government and that happened yesterday. These are the terms of the budget deal:
A continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government was adopted and will last through 15 January. The debt ceiling was raised and the Treasury Department has bor...
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