Preparing for shutdown, federal government plans furloughs

At a news conference in Washington on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, foreground, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. , stand next to a countdown clock indicating three days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money.

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