B105 TODAYS BEST COUNTRY » United States Government http://kkcb.com Sun, 19 May 2013 14:46:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Democrats, Republicans Agree On A Budget Deal http://kkcb.com/democrats-republicans-agree-on-a-budget-deal/ http://kkcb.com/democrats-republicans-agree-on-a-budget-deal/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:44:46 +0000 David Drew http://kkcb.com/?p=4118 Democrats and Republicans narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the federal government Friday night, agreeing on a budget deal and a short-term funding extension little more than an hour before the clock struck midnight and time ran out.

The new funding extension, which cuts spending by $2 billion, will last through next Thursday.
"The government will be open for business," President Barack Obama said.

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