FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AVERTED — FOR 45 DAYS. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE TO PASS A FINAL BUDGET BY NOVEMBER 17.
The possible federal government shutdown that had us all concerned last week has been “paused” for another 45 days. Negotiations can now continue on the new proposed federal budget in hopes of passing something permanent. The “mechanism” to do this is what is known as a “Continuing Resolution”(“CR”) This was passed by a combination of…