federal budget

House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers Thursday he will give President Barack Obama a proposal extending the government's ability to borrow money through Nov. 22 — but only if he agrees to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling.

House Republican leaders are considering a short-term increase in the U.S. debt limit as a possible way to break the gridlock that threatens the nation with an unprecedented default in as little as a week, officials said Wednesday night.

The Republican-led House has passed legislation to restore death benefits to the families of fallen U.S. soldiers halted by the government shutdown.

President Barack Obama is having House Democrats to the White House as a showdown over the budget extends into its ninth day.

Republicans and Democrats have made no significant progress is getting federal employees back to work and raising the debt limit.

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner offered hints of possible compromise but also traded heated rhetoric Tuesday, a frustratingly inconclusive combination that left the eight-day partial government shutdown firmly in place and the threat of an unprecedented national default drawing closer.

House Speaker John Boehner says he is willing to negotiate budget issues with President Barack Obama without any conditions.

Democrats controlling the Senate are planning to try to pass a stand-alone measure to increase the government's borrowing cap, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown that could unnerve financial markets as the deadline to a first-ever default on U.S. obligations draws closer.

As the government shutdown begins its second week, a dangerous new deadline is on the horizon.

A senior Obama economic adviser is suggesting that the White House would be open to a short-term increase in the nation's borrowing authority.