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Sure, crisis was averted this week, with the Senate Democrats and House Republicans agreeing to move forward with a deal on disaster-relief funding and short-term funding for the government to continue operating through Nov. 18. And did they compromise in the interest of a shared goal or a concern that it might finally be time to start governing? No, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) found some stray dollars that would take them through the end of this week, bumping Saturday into another pocket of money for another fiscal year. Makes the American people wonder even more about federal government math. But it also said a lot about the two parties and their interest in compromise. They bickered as they agreed to the deal, and it bodes terribly for the months to come.

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