Source: (Politico) Negotiators reach deal ‘in principle’ to avert shutdownUPDATE
Democratic and Republican negotiators have reached "an agreement in principle" on a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown.
"We reached an agreement in principle between us on all the homeland security and the other six bills," said Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).
Alright - not a lot to work with in terms of details, but the news has been flying across the net & cable. So, I thought I'd post something to share the good news!
And for reference: It's 9:03 EST, and the news broke around 25 minutes ago, as can be seen by the 8:40 EST timestamp on the Political update.
Predictions, anyone?