Saturday, October 12, 2013

Obama, Boehner negotiations at standstill

Washington (CNN) -- As talks between House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama over the government shutdown and looming debt limit deadline have hit a brick wall, attention now turns to the Senate where a bipartisan group of Senators are working on a separate plan to reopen the government.
The standstill has decreased the possibility that the House would vote to reopen the government this weekend, and while leadership would remain in Washington to continue work, rank-and-file members might return to their districts until Monday afternoon.
Republican leadership relayed the news to its caucus during a Saturday morning meeting after a night of work where little progress was made on their offer to raise the debt limit for six weeks.
Rep. Raul Labradorm, R-Idaho, told CNN that "the President rejected our deal."
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