Shutdown averted, but deep differences linger (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110928/ap_on_go_co/us_fed_up"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110926/capt.903ae45167e244a29d1452573ce1ead7-903ae45167e244a29d1452573ce1ead7-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=SDVHwb80V4p0jPIS4NrLiw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to the floor as the Senate prepares to vote on a short-term funding measure that includes dollars for disaster relief without an offsetting spending cut elsewhere, as demanded by the GOP-controlled House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's the third time this year a government budget crisis has been averted just in the nick of time. And the public seems plain fed up with the nonstop partisanship that led to the nerve-racking close calls.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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