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Pa. Delegation’s take on the looming shutdown

by Chris McGann on April 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm

The federal government is getting close to possibly shutting down for the first time since 1996. If President Obama and Congressional leaders cannot come to an agreement pa rel="attachment wp-att-9873" href="http://www.pa2012.com/2011/04/pa-delegation%e2%80%99s-take-on-the-looming-shutdown/harry-reid/" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2012.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fpa-delegation%25e2%2580%2599s-take-on-the-looming-shutdown%2Fharry-reid%2F','Harry-Reid')"img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9873" title="Harry-Reid" src="http://www.pa2012.com/wp-content/themes/whiteboardmedia/images_layout/Harry-Reid-150x150.jpg" alt="Harry Reid 150x150 Pa. Delegation’s take on the looming shutdown" width="59" height="59" //aEven though Congressional leaders in the House have floated the idea of passing a one-week funding bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52701.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0411%2F52701.html','rejected+the+idea')">rejected the idea Wednesday. Republicans are looking for $40 billion in budget cuts while Democrats are only willing to consider $33 billion in cuts. Democrats also argue that the cuts Republicans are demanding are ideologically driven, pointing to cuts to organizations such as Planned Parenthood and National Public …

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