Obama: Gov't will be open for businessSTORY HIGHLIGHTSDemocrats and Republicans in Washington reach a deal to avert a shutdownThe short-term deal will fund government through the middle of next weekHad a shutdown occurred, 800,000 government workers would have been furloughed Washington (CNN) -- An 11th-hour deal reached late Friday in Washington brought relief to military families and government workers who had feared a federal government shutdown and its impact on their lives. Kasey Long of Jacksonville, North Carolina, said she was worried about how her family would manage if politicians didn't reach a budget deal. "I'm just really elated," Kasey Long of Jacksonville, North Carolina, said after hearing news of the agreement. Her husband, a Marine sergeant at Camp Lejeune, is deployed overseas and is the family's sole breadwinner. The family was living paycheck to paycheck and concerned about making ends meet, Long said late Friday.
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