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Barack Obama: “I want to report again to the American people that we made some additional progress this evening. I think the staffs of…”

On the recordApril 6, 2011
I want to report again to the American people that we made some additional progress this evening. I think the staffs of both the House and the Senate, as well as the White House staff, have been working very hard to try to narrow the differences.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses progress in negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.

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