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Shutdown avoided, White House, Congress cheer deal

April 09, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A last minute budget deal, forged amid bluster and tough bargaining, averted an embarrassing federal shutdown and cut billions in spending - the first major test of the divided government voters ushered in five months ago....

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