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Obama Delays Vital Request

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 02.29.2012

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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the nation's debt limit at the request of congre...

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Obama Asking Congress To Raise Key Limit

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 02.26.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says the federal government has nearly reached its borrowing limit – again. Treasury officials said...

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Bill Clinton: 'I Was Wrong'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.09.2012

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Former President Bill Clinton backed off a claim he made in his new book, Back To Work, to an audience at the New York Historical Society Tuesday. ...

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Economc Turmoil Could Spell Trouble for Innovation

Posted 10.09.2011

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While the stock market has plummeted on concerns about the near-term strength of the American economy, the larger issue could be that the long-term pr...

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In Wake Of 'Three-Ring Circus,' Obama Adviser Offer Positive Take On Debt Deal

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A top adviser to President Barack Obama said Monday the new deal to avoid a government default lifts a big cloud over the economy, even ...

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President Has Authority and Moral Obligation to Invoke the 14th Amendment to Avoid Economic Catastrophe

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 09.29.2011

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Today in a letter to President Obama, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver and I called on President Obama to raise the debt ceiling under the authority of the 14th Amendment.

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Washington's War on America

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 09.26.2011

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While most of the media elite has focused on whether our political leaders can achieve a bipartisan deal on the debt, the rest of the world has taken note of how dysfunctional our democratic institutions have become.

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UPDATE: Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.24.2011

UPDATE: 4:10 p.m. -- A coalition of Tea Party chapters and conservative lawmakers on Monday rejected the debt proposal put forward by Speaker John Boe...

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Harry Reid's Debt Proposal Will Leave Entitlement Benefits Untouched

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) $2.7 trillion debt ceiling proposal will not include reforms to the benefit structure of en...

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Reid Pitches Final Deficit Deal Without Revenues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After another round of failed negotiations with Republicans over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Sunday night...

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GOP Tries To Set Stage For Short-Term Debt Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans tried to set the stage for a short-term agreement to raise the debt ceiling on Sunday, even as Democrats continued to insist...

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Games

Carolita Johnson | Posted 09.23.2011

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Tim Pawlenty On Obama: 'Is He Chicken?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty had some harsh words for President Obama on Sunday, accusing him of being too scared to l...

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U.S. Debt Default Means 'Lights Out' And A New Depression, Geithner Warns

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- If Congress fails to hike the nation's borrowing limit by Aug. 2, it will be "lights out" on the government and the economy, Treasury Se...

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Obama Is Not RFK

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.12.2011

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Lest Republicans enjoy my criticism of the president, I believe there is now an economically unpatriotic wing of the GOP. They express partisan joy with every new job loss.

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Wall Street Warns Congress: The Economy Post-Default Is A Man Post-'Suicide'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

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UPDATE -- 5:50 p.m.: By the end of Wednesday, the market seemed fully aware of the debt ceiling debate. U.S. stock-index futures fell after Moody's In...

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WATCH: Bachmann, Gohmert, King: Obama's Advisers Lied About Debt Limit

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) accused both the president and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of misleading the American people about ...

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Mitch McConnell: 'I Refuse To Help Obama Reelection'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under siege from conservatives over his opt-out proposal for the debt ceiling debate, de...

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McConnell Offers Debt Ceiling Out, But Obama Keeps Focus On Deficit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There were no real signs of progress in Tuesday's White House debt talks. But the meeting did shed light on two evolving dynamics taking...

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Obama Tries To Resell Republicans On A Grand Debt Ceiling Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sunday night's much anticipated debt ceiling meeting between the president and congressional leadership managed to produce an outcome, j...

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Obama Calls Sunday Debt Meetings As Sides Remain 'Far Apart' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he would reconvene debt talks with congressional leadership on Sunday, admitting that ...

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Both Parties Need To 'Get Out Of Our Comfort Zones' And Cut A Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday that he won't support a short-term solution to resolving deficit and debt woes when he huddles w...

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David Brooks: GOP 'May No Longer Be A Normal Party'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.04.2011

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The Republican party “may no longer be a normal party,” David Brooks writes in his New York Times column Tuesday. In negotiations with Democrat...

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Obama Picks Fight With Republicans Over Taxes

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 08.31.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is renewing an old fight with the business community by insisting that $400 billion in tax increases be part...

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Do Or Die Time On Debt Ceiling Talks

Posted 08.20.2011

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By Andy Sullivan and Alister Bull WASHINGTON -- U.S. lawmakers working to rein in the country's rising debt said on Monday they will have to ma...

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