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House Passes GOP's Debt-Ceiling Plan; Senate Democrats Offer Their Support
January 23, 2013 The "No Budget, No Pay" act would withhold lawmakers' pay if they don't pass a new budget by April 15. In exchange, Republicans say, the borrowing limit would be extended into May. That would avoid another battle over raising that borrowing ceiling.
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One Thing's For Sure, Superfailure Guarantees 'Long Election-Year Debate'
November 22, 2011 The failure to agree on a way to trim budget deficits will give both major parties plenty of ammunition for next year's campaigns.
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Stocks Close Sharply Down
November 21, 2011 The likely collapse of the so-called supercommittee's efforts to put together a deficit-reduction deal and continued concern about the debt crisis in Europe are pushing stocks down on Wall Street.
It's All Politics
Washington Post Graphic Shows Lawmaker Votes That Led To Deficits
July 26, 2011 It would have been interesting to see who the 25 percent of lawmakers were who didn't vote for any of the policies the Post focused on. Even Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas Republican presidential candidate didn't make the cut; he voted for the Bush tax cuts.
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Grand Deal? No Deal? Clock Ticking As Deficit Talks Continue
July 18, 2011 Deficit-reduction negotiations continue. A deadline looms. But beyond that, not much is certain about what will happen.
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Obama: 'Running Out Of Time' For Deficit Deal
July 15, 2011 The president said, "we know how we can create a package that solves the deficits and debt for a significant period of time. But in order to do that we've got to get started now."
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Obama On Deficit Deal: 'If Not Now, When?'
July 11, 2011 Saying he is prepared "to take significant heat" from members of his own party in order to achieve meaningful debt and deficit reduction, President Obama this morning again pushed for a big, long-term budget deal with Republicans.
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Obama: 'Constructive' Budget Talks To Continue; Leaders To Meet Sunday
July 7, 2011 By the weekend, "the parties will at least know where each others' bottom lines are," Obama added. And lawmakers realize, he said, that there will be "pain involved politically on all sides" in any agreement.
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Today's 'Deficit Deal' Headlines
July 5, 2011 The latest top stories about the talks in Washington as a potential government shutdown looms.
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Obama Calls On Lawmakers To Stop 'Playing Games'
June 29, 2011 Asked about GOP opposition to any tax increases, the president said that "a lot of people say a lot of things to satisfy their base or get on cable news. ... Hopefully, leaders at a certain point rise to the occasion and do the right thing."
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Obama Waited For GOP To Reveal Deficit-Reduction Hand
April 11, 2011 President Obama has been criticized for not leading with a major proposal to cut federal spending, letting Republicans go first. But now he is able to present his own proposal as a response to the most controversial aspects of the GOP plan, the cuts to entitlements and no tax increases for the rich.
