Hours before the U.S. government would have gone into default, the Republican-dominated Congress raised the federal debt limit. But only for a few months, in exchange for relatively trivial concessions. Is this the new normal?
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Obama; debt limit crisis; government shutdown; federal budget; dysfunction; Congress; GOP; John Boehner; Republican Party; Ted Cruz; Starbucks; chair; kiss