Expanding the ECB balance sheet put a floor under asset prices and restored confidence in the entire European financial system, much as had happened in the U.S. in 2009.
Following a weekend of work, GOP leaders and White House negotiators are both optimistic that they can strike a deal to balance the budget and cut taxes early this week, in time for floor votes by Friday.
They act as grazers on the ocean floor (manatees are the only other animals that do this), helping keep a balance under the sea for other creatures to live and breed.