Twelve hours until the government shuts down, people! Actually eleven hours and some minutes! Progress was made last evening, however. The only inflexible issue that hasn't been negotiated out, according to everyone, is the few hundred million dollars in federal subsidies for Planned Parenthood.
The Senate will most likely approve President Obama's tax deal today. Now that that's settled, can the chamber finish its other year-end work? Sure! But Tea Party Sen. Jim DeMint wants these bills read in full on the Senate floor.
Traffic data provider NAVTEQ says New York has the slowest-moving traffic in the country and three of the 10 slowest-moving freeways. In good news, traffic fatalities in the city are at an all-time low. You'll die sitting in gridlock instead!
More Republicans come out against Barack Obama's nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, imperiling its chances for ratification.
The Way We Live Now: gridlocked. And loving it! The greatest thing about our nation's constant reversion to the political mean is that it allows our investing class to go about their business unimpeded. And their business is winning things!
