With time running out when it comes to finding an agreement between Democrats and Republicans in regards to funding for the rest of the year, negotiators are scrambling in order to meet the Friday timeline so that a government shutdown can be averted in time.
This weeks-long stalemate over the 2011 budget in its dying moments is evoking a slandering game between the two sides that hold each other responsible for this debacle. However, there is good news in the form of senior aides to the House Speaker and Majority Leader in the Senate being able to make progress while discussing these matters with the President at the White House.
Most experts consider this progress to culminate into broad outlines for an agreement that will end this long-drawn stalemate over budgetary issues and meet the all-important Friday deadline as well. Yet the truth is that until a serious agreement is official accepted by both side, it’s not safe to assume that this stalemate is over.
While the President is confident that the differences that exist between have been narrowed down to find a solution, there is no reason why an agreement might not be met not unless both parties consider that politics is far more important than the American people.
Both the President and the Democrats believe that they have made too many compromises in Congress, and the Republicans just want to have it their way which just does not happen in real life or anywhere else.
What they also believe is that if both parties can sit down and discuss amicably the details of the budget, they can prevent the shutdown of government that can put almost 800000 people out of work after Friday.