Message #2541

[Howey]

The Republicans capitulate...I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022506943.html

The threat of a government shutdown receded Friday, as Senate Democrats tentatively embraced a Republican plan to immediately cut $4 billion in federal spending by targeting programs that President Obama has already marked for elimination.