President Obama Signs Legislation to Reopen the Government and Raise the Debt Limit

Late Wednesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reached a deal that would reopen the Federal Government and lift the debt ceiling, thereby avoiding the United States defaulting on its financial obligations for the first time in history. The Senate passed the legislation 81-18 followed by House passage by…