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AP – There was barely an hour left before the midnight padlocking of government doors. In a Capitol basement meeting room, House Speaker John Boehner was telling exhausted fellow Republicans that a deal to avert a shutdown was nearly finished when an aide alerted him that staff had completed the final details and the agreement [...] ...

AP – Republican conservatives were the chief winners in the budget deal that forced Democrats to accept historic spending cuts they strongly opposed. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...

AP – Rivals in a divided government, President Barack Obama and the most powerful Republican in Congress split their differences to stave off a federal shutdown that neither combatant was willing to risk. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...

AP – A last-minute budget deal forged amid bluster and tough bargaining averted an embarrassing federal shutdown, cut billions in spending and provided the first major test of the divided government that voters ushered in five months ago. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...

AP – Perilously close to a government shutdown, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic agreement late Friday night to cut about $38 billion in spending and avert the first federal closure in 15 years. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...