Democrats Face Uncertain Path To Avoid Fiscal Calamity
Democrats have just over a week to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown after tying a spending bill to a suspension of the debt limit.
Democrats in Washington are working against a rapidly approaching deadline to end a standoff with Republicans that could force a government shutdown and a panic over the nation's credit rating.
"We're calm and everybody's good and our work's almost done," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as she returned from a meeting with the president at the White House. "We're in good shape."
Leaders chose to tie an extension of the federal borrowing limit to a bill to extend routine government funding that runs
