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Eric Kleefeld | April 5, 2011, 9:01AM

Obama Invites Top Lawmakers, Spending Feud Rages
AFP reports: "President Barack Obama invited top US Congress leaders for talks to break an impasse on spending cuts, with an elusive deal needed by week's end to avert a partial government shutdown. But Republican House Speaker John Boehner, expected to attend the Tuesday meeting, blasted a tentative compromise with Senate Democrats to slash $33 billion through October 1 as 'not enough' and heavy on 'smoke and mirrors.'"

Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive the presidential daily briefing at 9 a.m. ET, and hold a meeting on Libya at 9:30 a.m. ET. They will meet at 10:15 a.m. ET with Congressional Leadership, to discuss ongoing negotiations on a funding bill. Obama will meet at 11:45 a.m. ET with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and they will hold a working lunch at 12:10 p.m. ET. Obama will meet at 2:50 p.m. ET with Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Daniel Yohannes, and meet at 3:05 p.m. ET with Overseas Private Investment Corporation CEO Elizabeth Littlefield.

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