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Im melissa harrisperry. After weeks of republicans making a series of desperate plays to score wins, the democrats unwilling to give a single inch of ground and with the clock running down on the United States deadline to repay its financial obligations, game over, an 11thhour vote in the house of representatives wednesday approved a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and finally reopen the government after 16 long days of being out of business. President obama made it official with his signature just after midnight on thursday. And waking up the morning after the news of the nights big event, everyone really just wanted to know one thing whats the final score . Because if americans understand nothing else about the events of the last few weeks, weve all been watching a big bill penalty kill game. Now that its all over we want to know the answers to the two biggest questions on everyones mind after game day who won and who lost ....
0 just enough time for trinidad and tobago to throw a 17 okay, i m not going to cry a 17-yard touchdown and give the saints a heartbreaking loss. and that s what happens when you rush to declare a runner prematurely. you might miss out on the real loss coming your way, the drama of the government shutdown and the debt default may have played out like a political contest between democrats and republicans, but the economic impact on america, the real loser, was not a game. our economic recovery just got a little slower thanks to $24 billion slight shaved off the american economy by the government shutdown, including $1.3 billion lost in government services, $152 million per day lost in travel spending, $76 million lost each day the national parks were shut down, $217 in daily losses in federal and contractor wages, just in washington, d.c. alone. and while the last-minute legislation managed to keep the full credit of the united states intact, it s clear that the world has lost faith ....