U.S. budget deal to avoid shutdown meets resistance from lawmakers

``A deal to avoid a U.S. government shutdown met resistance on Wednesday from both conservative Republicans concerned about spending and House Democrats who complained about tax breaks and a planned end to a ban on U.S. oil exports... The deal, reached late on Tuesday after weeks of wrangling, includes a $1.15 trillion U.S. government spending bill and a companion $650 billion package of tax breaks.... which would fund the U.S. government through September 2016, on Friday, lawmakers said... Some Republican fiscal hawks balked at the funding bill, raising questions about the support for it in the House, although it was unclear whether conservatives had the votes or the inclination to push the country to a government shutdown.'' -- Have to wonder if this is why the dollar didn't rally much with all the Fed was doing to instill "confidence" in it...