Congress budget debate falters with shutdown looming

WASHINGTON - Hours to a midnight shutdown deadline, congressional leaders scrambled to rally support for a sweeping half-trillion-dollar spending deal Thursday amid last-minute objections from a conservative in the Senate, and attacks from left and right in the House.
As opposition appeared to swell in the House and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., threw up last-minute roadblocks in the Senate, White House Office of Management and Budget spokesman John Czwartacki said that "agencies are now being urged to