Government Shutdown: Top Negotiators Close To Reaching Budget Deal

The top negotiators are within inches of cutting a deal that would keep the government running. The last major obstacle to compromise is funding for Planned Parenthood, The Huffington Post has learned.Administration staff, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) met until 3 a.m. last night, hashing out nearly all of the deal, in which Democrats would agree to steeper cuts than their proposed $34 billion from current spending."The last part is Title X," said a senior Democratic source familiar with the talks.

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