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  • The US government shutdown looks on track to end this week. A House vote is the remaining hurdle.

    From morningstar.com

    The record-setting government shutdown appears on course to conclude in a matter of days, with a vote by the House of Representatives looking like the last big step that's needed. That's after the Senate late Monday voted 60-40 in favor of a compromise package in the wake of eight Democratic senators siding with Republicans late Sunday to advance the measure. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday afternoon that he supported the deal, describing it as "very good," so he's expected to sign the legislation into law once the House acts. Prediction market Polymarket late Monday was forecasting the shutdown ... (full story)

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here2there
Nov 11, 2025 6:49am
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Quoting Trader#2D66
like wars, at the end you have to wonder: what was that all about? it got me goosebumps to think that people i trusted to take care of my business are the first to throw me under the bus just to score puny political gains. how about we do away with representative democracy and directly vote for policies?
I have a better idea. Make the people who caused this shutdown pay all the people back who didn't get paid and any other losses that were caused by this. Take it out of their pensions. Oh, but that would be justice—something dirty politicians always seem to find a way to avoid.
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Trader#2D66
Nov 11, 2025 3:58am
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like wars, at the end you have to wonder: what was that all about? it got me goosebumps to think that people i trusted to take care of my business are the first to throw me under the bus just to score puny political gains. how about we do away with representative democracy and directly vote for policies?
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