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BY ADAM FALK
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES

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Days away from another shutdown showdown, a breakthrough. Like finding a quarter in the couch cushion, MSNBC reports FEMA had some surprising news on Monday.

“All of the sudden yesterday, FEMA said that it had $114 million - enough to get it through to the end of the week, which is also the end of the fiscal year. So come October 1st, more money is already scheduled to fill those accounts, so they’ll be fine. That changed the whole dynamic.”

Following FEMA’s announcement, the Senate quickly moved to approve a temporary funding measure with no spending cut offsets.

The move keeps government agencies funded until October 4, when CNN reports House members will return from week-long trips to their districts. But the crisis isn’t crushed quite yet; there’s still one question.

ANCHOR: “This is passing the Senate. Is this going to pass the House?”
KATE: “Oh, the hard questions. The House does still need to sign off on this since this is different from what the House passed last week. But with the major sticking point now eliminated, the House presumably could move forward to pass this deal.”

Fox News reports FEMA’s last-minute fund-finding underscore a point House Republicans were tying to make last week.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL: “Quite frankly, I think this is a vindication of what Republicans have been saying all along. Before we spend the taxpayers money, we should have a real accounting - a real accounting - of what is actually needed.”

ANCHOR: “It makes you wonder how many other spending projects have just gone through with money that isn’t maybe necessarily necessary.”

Washington Post writer Ezra Klein says legislators don’t deserve a pat on the back for this one. Instead, he says, the crisis averted itself, and we should prepare for a rematch - again.

“We're going to have a bigger funding showdown, and soon. The real work on 2012's budget needs to be completed by November 18th or – and stop me if you've heard this one before -- the federal government shuts down. … [T]his negotiation is vastly bigger and vastly more complicated than anything the two parties were considering this week. And the events of this week shouldn't leave anyone feeling confident about that fight.”

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