WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 9:00pm & 11:00pm

TONIGHT-POST-SHUTDOWN WASHINGTON: POLITICAL DIVIDES & DYSFUNCTION

Today President Barack Obama signed a law ending the 16-day government shutdown and extending the U.S. debt limit into 2014, but the budget battle continues. The temporary measures will fund the government through January 15, 2014 and extend the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing authority until February 7. A bipartisan committee of lawmakers is now tasked with leading negotiations to resolve the budgetary issues that fiercely divide Republicans and Democrats and reaching a long-term budget deal to avoid another round of confrontations next year.

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