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          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 address the Republicans concerns on spending.
   The U.S. government in the sixth day of a partial shutdown, and also
   faces the possibility of running out of money to pay its bills on
   October 17, including interest on government bonds held by China, Japan
   and other overseas investors.
   Opposition Republicans have insisted that they will only approve a
   spending bill to reopen the government if Mr. Obama and Democratic
   leaders agree to negotiations on the separate issue of the health care
   plan.
   In an interview with the Associated Press released Saturday, Mr. Obama
   said he expects Congress will increase the country`s $16.7 trillion
   debt ceiling so the United States can borrow more money:
   "America has never not paid its bills. And I`ve said repeatedly that
   that`s not something anybody should be threatening. The potential
   default of the United States, where we are essentially deadbeats,
   that`s never happened."
   The president said he is willing to negotiate changes to the health law
   and reduce spending, but not until Congress agrees to end the shutdown
   and raises the debt ceiling without conditions.
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