US NEWS BUDGET 7 ABA


The U.S. Capitol appears under cloudy skies in Washington, D.C., Saturday, September 28, 2013. House Speaker John Boehner's plan to avert a shutdown by shifting to a debt-ceiling fight ran into opposition from some Republicans in another setback for efforts to keep the U.S. government operating after September 30. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)