President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans share one piece of common ground in the stalemate over the budget and the debt ceiling: Neither side wants to budge.

U.S. business leaders are weighing in with their own message for the two parties: It's not our job to save Washington from itself.

Unlike previous fiscal showdowns, including the last-minute budget deal at the start of this year and the standoff over the debt limit in 2011, business representatives aren't rushing in to publicly lobby for an agreement.

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