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It is difficult to remember, as the world watches the United States and its allies join a civil war in Libya â€" not to mention the devastation an earthquake and tsunami continue to unleash upon Japan â€" that the U.S. government is still operating under a temporary spending measure set to expire on April 8. It's easy to focus on the drama of the Arab League equivocating in its support for the air attacks in Libya and NATO nations bickering among each other, but with President Obama in Latin America and Congress in recess there has been little news about progress in the stalled budget negotiations. Resolution must be reached in little more than two weeks, or the government could shut down.

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