Congressional leaders make progress on debt, spending talks
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Top leaders of both parties in Congress made better-than-expected progress Tuesday on two must-do items on the legislative agenda: averting automatic budget cuts and meeting a deadline later this year to increase the government`s borrowing limit. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who`s been a key force in getting negotiations up and running, said both the debt limit increase and the outlines of a...