Standard-Examiner: Default Avoided, Shutdown Ends, But Anger Lingers - Updated

Sodden question: Was Cruz, Mike Lee's shutdown quest a fool's errand?

The Standard reports on last night's bi-partisan "deal," whereby our U.S. Congress pulled a rabbit out of its hat and voted to reopen and fund the government into January:

• Default avoided, shutdown ends, but anger lingers

The Washington Post reports on the respective Senate and House votes:

The Senate voted on a bipartisan bill to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling. The final tally was 81-18.

• Votes to end the government shutdown - U.S. Senate

The House voted to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling late Wednesday night, by a final tally of 285-144.

• Votes to end the government shutdown - U.S. House of Representatives

A Weber County Forum Tip of the Hat to the following Utah-based federal legislators, who demonstrated the maturity and wisdom to place the best interests of this country ahead of political expediency, by voting in favor of the compromise bill:

• Representative Jim Matheson
• Senator Orrin Hatch

Notable among the Congress-critters who voted against the last-minute "deal" were the following members of our Utah congressional delegation:

• Representative Rob Bishop
• Representative Jason Chaffetz
• Representative Chris Stewart
• Senator Mike Lee

With a federal general election coming up in another relatively short 12-1/2 months, we'll assume that our ever-savvy and politically-wonkish WCF readers will write this info down so the don't forget it.

And via the Standard-Examiner, we'll raise the sodden question:

• Was Cruz, Mike Lee's shutdown quest a fool's errand?

(Hint: the correct answer is "yes.")

So what about it O Gentle Ones?  Is your blogmeister the only one who's feeling "warm and fuzzy" this morning?

Update 10/18/13 4:23 a.m.: the Trib chimes in this morning with this top-flight editorial

• Editorial: Republican-led shutdown gained the country nothing:

This handy graphic scorecard displays the final results: