President George W. Bush and the US Congress are at an impasse over the budget for fiscal year 2008, which began on 1 October. And no one seems to have any idea how the log-jam will be broken, or to be working particularly assiduously at finding a path forward. Congress has passed a continuing resolution to keep the government running at current spending levels until 16 November; the expectation is that a second such resolution will be needed to fund the government until around Christmas — a deadline that perhaps will force some real negotiations.
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