Lawmakers Race Clock for Spending Deal to Avert Shutdown
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Lawmakers trying to reach a 2011 spending compromise have made “some progress,” the House’s top Republican said, though time is running short to avert a U.S. government shutdown threatened for week’s end.
President Barack Obama invited Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, to meet with him and Vice President Joe Biden on the budget tonight at the White House.