Obama says no more budget extensions

Published April 5, 2011 4:00am ET



President Obama says he will not approve another temporary budget extension, saying he will summon congressional leaders to the White House on a daily basis until they work out a compromise.

“We are now closer than we have ever been to getting an agreement,” Obama said on Tuesday following a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and other congressional leaders. “We are now at the point where there is no excuse to extend this further.”

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