Federal government dodges Friday shutdown but gets ready for
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Space Flight Center headquarters on Redstone Arsenal HUNTSVILLE,
AL - In a town with acronyms for everything, today's acronym is
"BAU" after Congress voted not to shut down the federal
government this Friday.  Business As Usual.  But it isn't really
BAU, no matter how brave government workers sounded. The
temporary budget agreement reached Wednesday is for only two
weeks, so a new shutdown threat arrives March 18.  The shutdowns
loom as a divided Congress tries to agree on a spending plan for
the rest of the 2011 fiscal year ending Sept 30. House
Republicans want $60 billion in cuts, but Senate Democrats and
President Barack Obama do not. If there is no compromise, the
government loses its authority to borrow funds to pay for
operations and the government "shuts down."  But not all of it.
Behind the scenes at Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone
Arsenal and government offices across the