WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the top Democrat on Capitol Hill blamed a threatened government shutdown on House Speaker John Boehner's insistence on keeping conservative policy prescriptions for the environment and abortion in a funding bill that must be passed by midnight Friday.
GOP seeks 1-week extension as government shutdown looms
Thursday, April 7, 2011 | 12:17 p.m. CDT
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