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Short-Term Debt Deal Won’t Mask Big Barriers Ahead

by CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hold the champagne. Even after lawmakers complete their pending deal to avert a federal default and fully reopen the government, they are likely to return to their grinding brand of brinkmanship — perhaps repeatedly. Wednesday’s self-congratulations notwithstanding, congressional talks are barely touching the underlying causes of debt-and-spending […]