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>>24938817
That extension going through is good. It means both sides are motivated to try to get something passed this weekend. If there was enough resistance sufficient to force a government shutdown, it's unlikely the extension would have happened.

The main sticky points remaining are Senator Toomey's thing about Fed lending, and the duration of funding for unemployment benefits. Both are kind of minor relative to the problem issues that have already reached agreement. I think Toomey will get bullied in to retracting his proposal.