The Congressional budget battle (17 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama is shown after reading a statement in regards to a budget agreement to keep the U.S. government funded at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 8, 2011. The deal cut more than $37 billion in federal speeding and was announced less than an hour before the budget deadline. UPI/Joshua Roberts/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama is shown after reading a statement in regards to a budget agreement to keep the U.S. government funded at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 8, 2011. The deal cut more than $37 billion in federal speeding and was announced less than an hour before the budget deadline. UPI/Joshua Roberts/Pool

Speaker of the John Boehner, R-OH, makes a statement on the budget impasse on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 8, 2011. Unless the Republican lead House and Democrat controlled Senate pass legislation by midnight the federal government will shut down. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, backed by all of the Senate Democrats, departs after discussing the budget impasse on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 8, 2011. As a midnight deadline to avoid government shut down looms Democrats charge Republicans are holding up a budget deal over funding for women's health care while the GOP says the debate is about spending cuts. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg