Shutdown Chaos: Bipartisan Deal Slips, Stocks Slip – What’s Next?
In-depth Report: Congress faces a critical deadline as continuing resolutions lapse and a partial government shutdown extends into its fourth week Theatlantic Reuters. On Oct. 23, Senate Democrats blocked a short-term funding bill that would have guaranteed federal pay, arguing it lacked needed protections (for example, extensions of expiring health subsidies). Republicans counter that Democrats are effectively instigating the shutdown…