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Jason Linkins

Media Proclaims Debt Deal To Be Good And Virtuous Because No One Is Happy About It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.01.2011

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Do you remember a more innocent time in your life where you thought the purpose of legislating was to ensure positive-sum outcomes for ordinary Americans? Those were great times!

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Michael McAuliff

John Boehner's Debt Ceiling Bill Stalls In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A Republican plan that would have hiked the nation's debt ceiling for only six months and left the country's spending captive to a "Supe...

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Michael McAuliff

Senate Debt Timeline Leaves Razor-Thin Margin For Error

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Unless Republicans in the Senate drop opposition to Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) plan to raise the nation's debt limit, the soo...

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Michael McAuliff

Dems: Boehner Once Backed A Debt Plan Similar To Reid's Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) backed a debt limit plan in the spring that sounds very much like a deal Senate Majority Leader Harr...

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Michael McAuliff

Mitch McConnell Offers New Strategy: Blame Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a bad sign for the stalled debt talks, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ratcheted up the rhetoric in the ongoing blame ...

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Elise Foley

Mitch McConnell: Grand Bargain On Debt Limit Unlikely

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Hours before a major White House meeting over the debt ceiling negotiations, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Sund...

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Boehner Sets Earlier Deadline For Debt Ceiling Deal

Posted 08.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Washington needs to wrap up a deal to increase borrowing authority within a month to avoid rattling financial markets, House of Repr...

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Boehner's Biggest Threat May Be ‘Young Guns’ In His Own Party

The Washington Post | Michael Leahy | Posted 07.21.2011

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The House has a freshman class of 87 GOP members, whose most impassioned supporters -- outspoken conservatives and tea party loyalists who have long v...

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Boehner's Economic Argument Contradicted By Market Indicators, Government Reports

Bloomberg News | James Rowley & Mike Dorning | Posted 07.11.2011

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House Speaker John Boehner, giving Wall Street leaders his prescriptions for growing the U.S. economy and reducing the nation's debt, built his case o...

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John Boehner: No Promises On Debt Ceiling Vote

Politico | Jake Sherman | Posted 06.26.2011

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Speaker John Boehner won't guarantee a vote on raising the debt limit, the latest threat in an increasingly high stakes game of chicken with the White...

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Politics, Ideology Overshadow Debt Limit Talks

Posted 06.20.2011

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(Reuters) - In the looming fight over raising the debt limit, Washington will have its eye on two deadlines: July 2011 and November 2012. The first...

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John Boehner Argues Debt 'Is A Mortal Threat'

The Washington Post | Felicia Sonmez | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Yes, this debt is a mortal threat to our country; it is also a moral threat," Boehner says in the prepared speech. "It is immoral to bind our childre...

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Showdowns On Spending & Debt Will Test New Leaders In Congress

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions...

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