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Senate Leaders Reach Deal to End Government Shutdown and Avoid Default

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite their well-known animus for each other, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reached a last-minute deal Wednesday that will end the federal government shutdown and raise the debt limit through Feb. 7. The House and Senate are expected […]