Partisanship flares again, thwarts passage of stopgap funding bill

The unexpected flare-up of partisan rancor over a minor line-item in the federal budget this week left lawmakers feeling increasingly gloomy about their ability to address issues of greater consequence, from the stubbornly high jobless rate to the soaring national debt.

"It's a lot of energy wasted for nothing," Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said Friday as the Senate rejected a House-passed bill to fund the government for the next few weeks. "If we can't do this, how do we do the heavy lifting?"

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Lori Montgomery 24 Sep, 2011

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