Government shutdown: Which party stands to be the biggest loser?

If U.S. lawmakers fail to pass a proper federal spending bill by the time the clock strikes midnight tomorrow and the calendar turns over to October 1, the government will officially be in a shutdown. Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman describes the party in-fighting preventing Republican officials from coming to a consensus on simple fiscal policy.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.