Posts Tagged ‘agreement’
Deadline nears: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)
AP – The federal government lurched toward a shutdown for the first time in 15 years on Friday as Republicans and Democrats in Congress struggled for a way out and swapped increasingly incendiary charges over which side was to blame.
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Time’s about up: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)
AP – On the brink of a painful government shutdown, the Obama administration readied furlough notices for hundreds of thousands of workers Friday as Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of refusing to give ground on a deal to keep operations running.
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Time’s up: shutdown looms without agreement (AP)
AP – A deadline looming, Congress’ top Democrat accused Republicans on Friday of risking a government shutdown because they want to make it harder “for women to get cancer screenings.”
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NO DEAL: Congressional leaders fail to reach budget agreement, inching gov’t closer to shutdown
Congressional leaders negotiated into the wee hours of Friday morning but failed to reach a budget deal, pushing the government closer to a shutdown that would begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
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Official: Obama, Calderon reach trucking agreement (AP)
AP – An administration official says President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have reached an agreement on resolving a long-standing dispute over cross-border trucking.
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Senate leaders reach agreement on filibusters (AP)
AP – The Senate stood ready Thursday to reject an effort to restrict filibusters, those familiar blockades that sew gridlock and discord. Instead, the Senate’s leaders announced a gentleman’s agreement for minority Republicans to block fewer bills and nominations in exchange for a guarantee of more chances to amend legislation.
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DeMint predicts no-tax-hike agreement with Obama (AP)
AP – A leading Senate conservative said Thursday he believes President Barack Obama is ready to embrace the notion of keeping Bush era tax rates in place for everyone at least temporarily, including the wealthy, with no New Year’s increases.
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