Obama calls meeting (tonight) with congressional leaders in effort to avoid shutdown [View All]

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Source: cbs

President Obama has invited House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to meet with him at the White House at 8:45 p.m. this evening in an attempt to avert the government shutdown that will begin if a budget deal is not worked out by Friday.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president called the meeting because he "decided that not enough progress has been made."

Vice President Biden will also be present at the meeting.

A White House official told CBS News the invitation was precipitated by two events. The first was Boehner indicating that he will call for a vote on a measure to fund the government for another week. Lawmakers have passed a pair of short-resolutions to keep the government running while they've debated a budget bill to last for the rest of the fiscal year, but President Obama said he will not accept another such bill.



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