Well, at least we didn't lose a passenger airliner. At least hordes of hungry brigands weren't roaming the countryside after their food stamps were supposed to end.

On Wednesday, the U.S. House officially ended the longest federal government shutdown in history after 43 days. It came three days after eight Senate Democrats joined majority Republicans in essentially saying, "No mas."

In return for reopening the government, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for 42 million Americans will resume until next September, federal employees will return to work, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune has guaranteed a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies sometime in January.

Republican U.S. Sen. Todd Young observed, “Over the past 40 days, I have said over and over again that Hoosi

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