Back in Business

The passage of a temporary spending bill has re-opened th efederal government.

The federal government is back in business this morning. Congress passed a stopgap funding measure yesterday and the president signed into law last night, ending a three day shutdown. Republicans clearly see the end of the shutdown a as a win. Some think Democrats may have simply caved, but Democratic leaders think they moved the ball forward on immigration reform with a commitment from republicans to at least consider protections for young illegal immigrants under DACA, which will be discussed further. There’s only about three weeks to settle on a resolution, as the stopgap spending bill expires February 8th.