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With time growing desperately short for Congress to prevent a threatened Treasury default and stop a partial government shutdown, a group of ministers, the Circle of Protection, pray at dawn at the Capitol to draw attention to lawmakers that political divisiveness hurts the most vulnerable Americans, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. From right are Kathy Saile, Gary Cook, Rev. Jim Wallis, and Major Carole Busroe of the Salvation Army. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( CORRECTION Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Religious leaders raise their hands in prayer towards the Capitol Building on the morning of October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today marks the 16th day of the government shutdown and the last day to find a solution before the government could potentially begin defaulting on debts. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184758510 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) arrives at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government shutdown is entering its sixteenth day as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain gridlocked on funding the federal government and the extending the nation's debt limit. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 184761949 )

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the Senate floor after agreeing to the framework of a deal to avoid default and reopen the government on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/ Carolyn Kaster) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) answers questions as he arrives for a meeting of Senate Republicans on a solution for the pending budget and debt limit impasse at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government shutdown is in its sixteenth day as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain gridlocked on funding the federal government and the extending the nation's debt limit. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184769212 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) answers questions from the media after meeting with Republican senators regarding a bipartisan solution for the pending budget and debt limit impasse at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Senate announced that it had reached a bipartisan deal on funding the federal government and the extending the nation's debt limit after 16 days of a government shutdown. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184774375 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) finishes addressing the media following a meeting of Senate Republicans on a solution for the pending budget and debt limit impasse at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Senate announced that it had reached a bipartisan deal on funding the federal government and the extending the nation's debt limit after 16 days of a government shutdown. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 184774417 )

DENVER, CO: Oct. 16, 2013 - Federal workers, community groups and voters demonstrated in front of the shutdown Housing and Urban Development offices in downtown Denver in protest of the government shutdown on Oct. 16, 2013. (Photo By Erin Hull/The Denver Post) ( GOVSHUTDOWNRALLY )

Chief Ranger Chuck Young, one of 20 park staff considered essential and still working, tells Sean Cameron left, of Seattle and Paige Davis from Mill Valley Calif. that the park was closed, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Gov. Jay Inslee's office said the state does not have the money to reopen its popular parks, including Mount Rainier National Park and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler) ( Shutdown Mount Rainier )

Activists perform a "Die In" to protest government shutdown and proposed cuts to Medicare, Social Security benefits, as well as child care, food, disability, and senior advocate programs outside of the federal building in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ( Shutdown Protest )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) arrives at a House Republican meeting regarding a bipartisan solution for the pending budget and debt limit impasse at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government shutdown is in its sixteenth day as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain gridlocked on funding the federal government and the extending the nation's debt limit. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184781660 )

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas., listens during a joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The hearing was looking at who was to blame for the closure of national parks because of the current government shutdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) discuss as Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) (2nd R), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) (2nd L), and Assistant House Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (C) look on during a House Democratic leadership meeting October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the sixteenth day of a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and reopen the government. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 184781451 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd L) talks to Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (R) as Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) (L) looks during a House Democratic leadership meeting October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the sixteenth day of a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and reopen the government. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 184781449 )

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., shown center, summons GOP senators to a closed-door meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Sen. McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions forced GOP leaders to drop efforts to ram their own version through the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( Budget Battle )

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, and other House Republicans leave a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Senate leaders announced a last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Congress raced to pass the measure by day's end. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: (L-R) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) walk past the Capitol Building after praying with a group of religious leaders and also appearing on national television on the morning of October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today marks the 16th day of the government shutdown and the last day to find a solution before the government could potentially begin defaulting on debts. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184755350 )

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a meeting with House Republicans in the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington, after Senate leaders reached last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( APTOPIX Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner pumps his fist after leaving a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Boehner met with the Republican Conference after the Senate announced earlier that it had reached a bipartisan deal on funding the federal government and extending the nation's debt limit after 16 days of a government shutdown. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 184785154 )

A flock of birds takes flight on the National Mall in front of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, October 14, 2013. The crisis over a US government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff continues into the third week of the shutdown. With just three days before the US Treasury exhausts its borrowing authority, and the government entering its third week of a crippling shutdown, lawmakers have scrambled to work out a deal that would resolve both crises. MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 523787453 )

In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, file photo, the Federal Reserve Building is seen in Washington. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, that economic growth slowed in a few key regions of the United States from September through early October, as businesses grew worried about a budget impasse that led to a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) ( Beige Book )

CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 16: Traders take orders in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) on October 16, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The major stock indices reacted favorably today as it appeared a deal that would end the government shutdown was close to being reached. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 184791242 )

Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., listens during a joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The hearing was looking at who was to blame for the closure of national parks because of the current government shutdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C) leaves without speaking to members of the media after a House Republican Conference meeting October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the sixteenth day of a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and reopen the government. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 184788516 )

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) arrives at his office on October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today marks the sixteenth day of the government shutdown and the last day to find a solution before the government could potentially begin defaulting on debts. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 184762343 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media as Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) looks on, after the Senate reached a deal to end the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached bipartisan deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and end the the sixteen day government shutdown. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 184800421 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to the media as U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (R) look on, after the Senate reached a deal to end the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached bipartisan deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and end the the sixteen day government shutdown. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 184800329 )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L), Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (3rd L), and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) take an elevator as they are on their way to conduct a news conference after a vote October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the 16th day of a government shutdown, the Senate has approved a bill to reopen the government until January 15 and raise the nation's debt ceiling until February 7, 2014. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 184801035 )

US President Barack Obama arrives to speak about the government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, October 16, 2013. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 523837375 )

US President Barack Obama arrives to speak about the government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, October 16, 2013. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 523837226 )

President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Senate voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown and the measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (R) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) (L) arrive for a vote October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the 16th day of a government shutdown, the Senate has approved a bill to reopen the government until January 15 and raise the nation's debt ceiling until February 7, 2014. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 184803493 )

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The end to the rancorous standoff between the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House was hastened by the imminent deadline to extend the debt ceiling to avoid a national default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( Budget Battle )

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Speaker of the House John Boehner walks with an entourage through Statuary Hall for a vote in the House of Representatives to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit at the U.S. Capitol October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted earlier 81-18 to pass the proposal hammered out earlier in the day by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 76901758 )