(CNN) - in a city where politicians as score, is the White House not a victory to keep up with.
Republicans and Democrats reached a budget deal with inevitable late Friday evening, without the possibility of a partial Government shutdown.
After the deal was reached, a reporters top Obama consultant, that it was a good night for the country. The American people won, a senior administration official said.
The White House felt optimistic that it was Thursday night on the brink of a deal.
Meet House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, the Oval Office left, "it was an agreement to and composition", an other official said.
But described by 3 or 4 o'clock Friday, the officials a breakdown.
The discussion at staff level on the Hill part of Oval Office Web discussions no longer reflected, they said.
"It was a higher number," said an official, "North of 80 billion dollars." "There were also renewed talk about family planning."
As Republicans and Democrats sharp verbal punches each other silent over the course of the day, the White House.
The President has not made a public statement yet spokesman Jay Carney has to keep his daily briefing. This was informed by design, according to the officials, the reporter.
It was a directive from the President, an official said. The idea was, to reduce finger pointing and to work to enable a compromise for negotiators remain invisible.
Democrats, Republicans agree to a budget deal
But the President during the entire process involved, the official said.
"Every time, the process seemed down, the President the phone picked up and made it clear that we had a responsibility to the American people that we should play politics lost to get," said one.
"He at a family planning Bill / ex presentation did not;" "He wanted to be this a spending bill."
Several times, said on Friday that the President spoke by phone with Boehner four times and Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, one of the officials.
During one of which meet the Oval Office this week, an official known as the President of any controversial driver went, the Republicans wanted to.
Rob Nabors, Obama's legislative Affairs Director, was looking for a copy machine to create for all copies. It took so long, that Boehner is said to have joked, "will a faster copy machine find?"
In describing the tone of this meeting, an official said, "never the discussions in the room personal received."
The President never scolded Boehner for public comments, said to contradict what was discussed in the private negotiations, the official.
Neither side Government wanted a shutdown, but the President was not ready, so that the controversial family planning driver, are the part of the agreement.
"In this case we just were not in the process, move", said one of the officials. "We cut some things that were cut hard for us."
So what forced the business? "The clock played probably the most important factor," said one of the officials.
Nabors, that above was kept informed and signaled on the Hill the White House during the entire negotiating process, that a deal was reached.
And at 10:30 am, White House Chief of staff Bill Daley informed the President.
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