WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrat Harry Reid is offering budget talks to House Republicans if they allow the government to reopen.

Reid made the offer to House Speaker John Boehner in a letter Wednesday and in a phone call. Boehner dismissed the idea.

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