Stopgap CR Readied To Avert Shutdown

With budget talks deadlocked, House Republicans readied a week-long bill to avert a government shutdown threatened for Friday. The measure also would include enough money to operate the Defense Department through Sept. 30. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told the rank and file in a closed-door meeting he would seek passage of the bill if it became clear it was necessary to avoid shutting the government down.  

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