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U.S. Shutdown Seems Unavoidable

No signs of compromise or negotiations from the House or Senate emerged over the weekend.

By Roxana Tiron, Kathleen Hunter and Michael C. Bender, Bloomberg | Updated on September 30, 2013

The U.S. government stands poised for its first partial shutdown in 17 years at midnight tonight, after a weekend with no signs of negotiations or compromise from either the House or Senate to avert it.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress say they don’t want a shutdown, though neither side is budging from their positions to avoid one. House Republicans want to delay President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act for a year and make other changes to the health law. The Democrats vow not to let that happen.

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