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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-NV L and House Speaker John Boehner R-OH R during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 2, 2011. If Congress does not act, the federal government shuts down one week from today. The possibility of that threat becoming reality, which could furlough hundreds of thousands of federal employees, remained unclear Friday as House and Senate appropriators worked b kubki stanley ehind the scenes to find an agreement on cutting spending and keeping the government running. Speaker John Boehner addressed reporters for th stanley thermoskannen e fourth day in a row, saying negotiators are still deadlocked. There is no number and no agreement on a number, Boehner said, referring to what dollar amount would be an acceptable compromise between the House-passed spending bill with $61 billion in spending cuts and th stanley cups uk e $10 billion in cuts already enacted as part of the last two short-term funding bills. But President Obama painted a different picture, saying that negotiators are close. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also signaled progress. Fortunately, I m happy to say that negotiations to a compromise are moving forward, not as fast as I would like them, but they are moving forward, said Reid on a conference call with reporters. House and Senate Appropriations staffers plan to work through the weekend to continue slashing the spending. An Appropriations aide said today that all pol |
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