Tourists at the Lincoln Memorial this afternoon were surprised to find a very prominent visitor in their midst – President Obama.
Obama made the quick trip from the White House today not to take in the sights, but to make a point.
All of the memorials, Smithsonian museums, and other government-funded tourist attractions would have been closed this weekend if Congress hadn’t compromised on a temporary spending bill.
The District narrowly avoided a government shutdown last night – incidentally on my birthday – when it passed the bill just a couple of hours before a midnight deadline.
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