Republicans win a tiny skirmish in the staring contest over a possible shutdown.

Time flies when you're taking biweekly recesses. In the time between their last votes and their votes today, congressional Republicans have nudged Congress closer to a budget showdown, and closer—temporarily—to a compromise they get the better half of. On Friday, Republicans proposed a two-week continuing resolution that would keep the government operating while cutting $4 billion. Democrats, blinking a bit, tentatively agreed to pass it. That kicks the can down the road on the budget showdown that Republicans are demanding, but it's a mighty short road.

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