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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPresident Barack Obama has canceled his trip to Indiana.
The White House announced Thursday night that Obama had postponed a scheduled trip to Indianapolis for Friday morning. The news came after Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach agreement on a compromise to cut spending and head off a midnight Friday government shutdown.
Obama was scheduled to visit Allison Transmission, a supplier plant that makes transmission systems for hybrid vehicles. The president's last stop in Indiana was a November visit to a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, where he and Vice President Joe Biden lauded the factory as proof that the federal bailout of struggling U.S. automakers succeeded.
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