Last night’s agreement on the so-called “cromnibus” bill may have already collapsed, and at this point we’re about 33 hours from the deadline to avoid a shutdown. ThinkProgress is reporting that the $1.01 trillion deal reached last night is taking serious heat from both Democrats, unhappy that it guts a key part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform package, and from Republicans who want deeper spending cuts and/or some action to block President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
I’m putting the odds of a shutdown at somewhere in the 55-60% range. I’d go higher but I’m worried that I’m being too cynical. Then again, can you be too cynical about this Congress?
The Foreign Exchanges Companion 
There will be a shutdown. Again.
The Democrats are confident that the Republicans will take the heat. Again. And there is no way they are going to eat all those poison pills.
The Republicans are confident that they can take the heat, and that come election time it will make no difference. Again.
Dick Nixon was an evil bastard but at least he was a grownup. These days I kind of miss him.
LOL, now that our Supreme Court has taken campaign finance regulation back to pre-Watergate days (if not earlier), Nixon really doesn’t seem so bad. Still I’m glad they managed to avoid the shutdown even though it meant accepting some awful Republican perks.