The Final Showdown? Why the Coming Budget Crisis May Be the Worst

Time: Over the past three years, America has been brought again and again to the brink of fiscal disaster by a dysfunctional Congress, only to have negotiators talk the sides down. This time, America’s luck may run out.

Congress returns this week to its long-running civil war over the budget. By Sept. 30, lawmakers must pass a stopgap bill to keep the government funded.

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