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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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Jennifer Bendery

UPDATE: Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.24.2011

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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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Sam Stein

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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Jennifer Bendery

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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Impasse on Debt Ceiling: Bluff Or Belief?

Bill Donius | Posted 09.06.2011

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Bill Donius

If politics are about the art of the possible, both sides need to come together to finish the painting. The time for bluffing is over, this is the time for a resolution.

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Geithner Meeting With Republican Skeptics On Debt Ceiling

Posted 08.02.2011

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(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meets an influential group of freshman Republican lawmakers on Thursday to try to improve cha...

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Republicans Question Debt Armageddon Warnings On Debt

Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Would it really be such a big deal if the United States couldn't pay its bills? As Washington searches for a budget de...

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Conservatives Skeptical Of Geithner's Warning On Debt Ceiling Deadline

Posted 07.18.2011

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WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is facing growing criticism for his changing predictions on when the count...

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