Winners and losers in the government shutdown battle

Let's just say it was a rough couple weeks for the GOP

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Few would argue that anybody came out a "winner" after the disaster known as the government shutdown. The polls show that Americans are pretty much tired of everybody in Washington, and nobody sounded all that triumphant when it was over.

"There are no winners here," said White House press secretary Jay Carney after Senate leaders reached a deal to fund the government until January 15 and extend the debt ceiling to February 7. The House and the Senate are expected to pass the deal later tonight, ending our two-week-long national nightmare.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.