Congress has addressed the Zika funding crisis and finalized a deal to fund the government just days ahead of a shutdown deadline. It was a conclusion in sight and within reach since lawmakers returned from their summer recess just after Labor Day. “All they’d have to do is put Flint in and we’d be out of here in a minute. The Zika deal was the resolution of a long and vexing dispute on that issue after Obama made his initial request for federal money in February. But the voters have to hold us accountable and it remains to be seen whether or not they will.”

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2016 16:22 UTC