It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas: Like a student rushing to finish the last essay of the semester, or a guest writer struggling to turn in the morning newsletter on time, congressional leaders have hastily agreed to a spending plan just days before the federal government was due to partially shut down for lack of funds.
Last night, lawmakers announced they'd reached a deal on a sprawling 1,547-page bill that will keep the government open through mid-March, reported The Wall Street Journal late Tuesday night.
