U.S. Leaders Make Rhetorical Room for Compromise Budget Deal

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House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, second right, speaks while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, left, Harry Reid, Democratic Senator from Nevada, second left, and Mitch McConnell, Republican Senator from Kentucky, right, listen after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Nov. 16, 2012.