Government shutdown

House Dems, GOP Trade Jabs Over Shutdown

Susan Crabtree | February 18, 2011, 3:41PM

House Democratic and Republican leaders traded jabs over the possibility of a government shutdown Friday -- as the two sides remained deeply divided on how far to go in slashing government programs.

The House continued slogging through dozens of amendments to a bill that would cut federal spending by $61 billion over the next six months, and it's unlikely they'll be able to come to an agreement with Senate Democrats on the numbers before their deadline of March 4.

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Topics: Budget Cutting, Government shutdown, Jack Lew , John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Office of Management and Budget