A common-sense path out of the government shutdown impasse

Published October 1, 2013 4:00am ET



Here’s a strategy to restart the government: continuing resolutions by department, leaving out those departments that are overseeing Obamacare.

A continuing resolution leaves the government operating at the levels of the prior fiscal year. It is increasingly used as a means of funding government, because Congress has difficulty passing budgets and appropriations bills.

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