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Budget Negotiations Stall, Shutdown Looms
Republican House Speaker John Boehner met the President at the White House today, but they failed to make a deal to avoid a government shutdown on Friday. Meanwhile, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia blamed the stalemate on a "lack of [Democratic] leadership in the Senate."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readRepublican House Speaker John Boehner met the President at the White House today, but they failed to make a deal to avoid a government shutdown on Friday. Meanwhile, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia blamed the stalemate on a "lack of [Democratic] leadership in the Senate." Massimo Calabresi is Washington correspondent for Time magazine.
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