Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Obama's Evening Budget Talks

Update: Per MSNBC's Jessie Rodriguez's tweet, Obama just made a statement saying: No deal yet, issues clarified tonight. CBS's Mark Knoller tweets: Pres Obama says staffs for all sides will work through the night and if no progress, he'll resume talks with key leaders on Thursday.

After a day in Pennsylvania and New York, Obama had to gather up the children and set them straight. He probably had to read them a bedtime story too.

President Barack Obama held an urgent round of budget talks with U.S. congressional leaders on Wednesday evening to try to avert a government shutdown.

With the clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, Obama met at the White House with Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.

Republicans and Democrats have said negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would fund government operations past Friday's deadline and keep more than 800,000 workers in their jobs. Reuters
Obama's statement tonight: