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Deadline nears: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)

People walk in the rain on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, toward the Capitol as Congress continues to debate in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)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)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, to respond to criticism by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on the budget impasse.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)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)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. meet with reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2011, after their meeting with President Obama regarding the budget and possible government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)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)

President Barack Obama signs the two-week funding bill averting a government shutdown in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill that trims $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation designed to keep partisan divisions from forcing a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)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)

Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, listen as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the weekly caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)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)

Ohio Gov.-elect John Kasich, right, speaks as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., South Carolina Gov.-elect Nikki Haley, Oklahoma Gov.-elect Mary Fallin, and House Speaker-designate John Boehner, R-Ohio, stand after their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)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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