Obama presses Congress to avoid gov't shutdown
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Prodded by an insistent President Barack Obama, Congress' top two lawmakers sought to reinvigorate compromise talks Tuesday aimed at cutting tens of billions in federal spending and averting a partial government shutdown Friday at midnight.
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