No US govt. shutdown, but the worst may be yet to come from Tea Party !!!!!!!

The details on what had been holding up the budget deal had been shrouded in mystery, until Reid revealed on Friday morning that funding for women's health care at Planned Parenthood was the last obstacle.

President Obama and the democrats held their ground and averted a government shutdown, just moments before midnight last night. However the credit for getting the Tea Party Republicans to compromise may go to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

"Reid said that Vice President Joe Biden was angered that Republicans weren't backing down on cutting Planned Parenthood funding, and he told them at one point, "Well, fine. Let the American people decide this issue then, "according to Bloomberg.

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Pranab Mukherjee to release Rs 150 coin before Budget speech

NEW DELHI: For the first time in the country's minting history, government will issue coins of Rs 150, marking the number of years of taxation in India. 

The special coins, to be released by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before his Budget speech, will also be brought out in Rs 5 denomination on the occasion of completion of 150 years, from 1860 to 2010, of the Income Tax department. 

This is the first time that coins of Rs 150 denomination are being minted by the government. The Department of Economic Affairs under the Finance Ministry recently notified the order. 

The Rs 150 coin , made of an alloy of Silver, Copper, Nickel and Zinc, will have an international design with 'Satyameva Jayate' and 'India' on the front side while a portrait of 'Chanakya and lotus with honeybee' on the reverse side. 

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