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Government shutdown next budget threat

With little prospect for a federal budget deal, most members of Congress left Washington long before $85 billion in automatic spending cuts took effect Friday night, and the focus immediately turned to the next potential crisis.
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With little prospect for a federal budget deal, most members of Congress left Washington long before $85 billion in automatic spending cuts took effect Friday night, and the focus immediately turned to the next potential crisis.

Reporter : Cullen Browder
Photographer : Edward Wilson
Posted 2013-03-01T18:55:30-0500 - Updated 2013-03-01T18:55:30-0500