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If you're not surprise there's not a shutdown, you're prescient or a prevaricator

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 12:25 p.m.

b'To the surprise of just about everybody, the Federal Government is fully functional this Monday, October 2, 2023. Some surprise last-minute votes in both the House and Senate on Saturday happened just in time to get a continuing resolution (CR)to the president\\u2019s desk \\u2013 just hours before much of the government was set to run out of appropriations. That CR will maintain 2023 funding levels for the next 45 days \\u2013 now 44 days. Loren Duggan is deputy news director and director of legislative analysis at Bloomberg Government. He worked well in to the weekend to have this conversation with Federal News Network Deputy Director Jared Serbu. Duggan and Serbu had a "recap discussion" and took a look ahead to the next 6 weeks or so.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'