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SHUTDOWN: HOW IT CAME TO THIS

April 07, 2011

The fiscal year is 188 days old, and the federal government is still operating without a long-term spending bill. And now, if lawmakers can't cut a deal, the government will shut down.Lawmakers have been working (or not) on a budget for the 2011 fiscal year for 430 days. They have painfully little to show for their efforts.

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