Not only did the shutdown cost our economy over 20 billion dollars and the country lost some trust on the world market. Lets not go into all the lost wages of the hundreds of thousands of people whom lost their paychecks.. All this so Republicans could show everyone how bad they are at negotiations..
Turns out Republicans got less after shutting the govt down, than had they agreed to pass the clean budget that was offered on Sept 30th. They lost a key bargaining points and lost a hell of a lot of public support.. Their only gain was adding something that was already part of Obamacare..
Ohh yea Obamacare is still law..
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Let's review: Had the House passed the "clean" continuing resolution it was offered on September 30, the government would have remained open only until November 15, at the reduced funding levels determined by the "sequestration" cuts imposed by the 2011 debt-limit deal. Republicans still would have had the debt-ceiling deadline Thursday, plus another budget fight on the horizon a month later, as perceived points of leverage. (Democrats insist this leverage is illusory as the White House would refuse to negotiate, but to Republicans, that's what these deadlines are: valuable bargaining chips.)
Instead, the House is poised to pass a measure that funds the government through January 15 and lifts the debt ceiling until February 7—taking the heat off Congress for months and eliminating three pressure points (the September 30 funding expiration, the October 17 debt-ceiling target, and the hypothetical November 15 funding expiration) in one go. The proposed deal negotiated by Senate leaders also would force the two houses to convene a budget committee, something Democrats have been demanding since the Senate passed a budget in March—and conservative Republicans have repeatedly blocked, for fear that any compromise negotiated between the two houses would mean selling out their principles.
The "concession" extracted by the GOP in the deal, the sole change to the health-care law, is purely cosmetic: a reinstatement of the requirement that people seeking subsidies under the Affordable Care Act furnish proof that they qualify. That requirement was in the original law, but the administration delayed it when implementation hit snags in July.
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full article..
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...othing/280611/