By Paul Kane, Perry Bacon Jr. and William Branigin, Tuesday, April 5, 7:07 PM

The first federal government shutdown in more than 15 years drew closer Tuesday as President Obama and congressional leaders remained at an impasse over a government funding plan for the rest of 2011.

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