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US Shutdown Ends, Costing Economy $24 Billion

Here Is What Republicans Got For Shutting Down The Government By Igor Volsky After shutting down the government for two weeks, Republicans appear to have secured just one concession from a Senate-crafted deal to raise the debt ceiling and re-open the federal government: an income verification system for individuals who earn above 400 percent of the federal poverty line and qualify …

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