Last-Minute Deal Averts Shutdown WSJ

Last-Minute Deal Averts Shutdown http://on.wsj.com/h8N7n1 Budget cuts of $39 billion Dem held on to NPR and Women Health funds


Mr. Obama, speaking from the White House near midnight, said the two parties had worked together to produce "the largest annual spending cut in our history," and that "both sides had to make tough decisions. Mr. Obama turned the deal to his advantage by protecting Democratic priorities, such as medical funding for women's health programs, federal spending on education, environmental programs and NPR's car talk