document: Budget Cuts Head To Latest Showdown Democrats and Republicans have until Friday , April 8 , to reach an agreement on funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year before it shuts down . Host Scott Simon talks with Sen. Tom Coburn about the federal stopgap funding measure .
extractive_keyphrases: democrats budget cuts federal government talks fiscal year before reach federal scott latest showdown sen shuts down funding agreement coburn republicans head rest stopgap
abstractive_keyphrases: friday april budget down host scott simon until friday april