US Government Shutdown Continues with No Clear End in Sight

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says he does not know when the government shutdown will end, but that it is up to U.S. President Barack Obama to sit down with House Republicans and start negotiations. In an interview on ABC's This Week Sunday, Boehner says Republicans are interested in having a conversation about how to re-open the government and how the United States pays its bills. He says he will not go forward with a vote to increase the government's debt limit without talks that ...

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