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Debt crisis: Deal sought to head off stock plunge
By News on Jul 23, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Precariously short of time, congressional leaders struggled in urgent, weekend-long talks to avert an unprecedented government default, desperate to show enough progress to head off a plunge in stock prices when Asian markets open ahead of the U.S. workweek....Boehner says Congress will resolve debt crisis
By News on Jul 23, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner says Congress will decide on "a responsible path forward" in the nation's debt crisis even though talks with the White House seem to be making little headway....
Obama: Short-term debt increase would hurt US
By News on Jul 23, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama won't accept a short-term extension of the nation's debt limit because it would do more harm than good....McConnell: Congress committed to prevent default
By News on Jul 23, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama met for less than an hour Saturday with congressional leaders in debt crisis talks, and a leading Republican said afterward that top lawmakers were "committed to working on new legislation" to cut federal spending and avert an unprecedented U.S. default....APNewsBreak: Wu to talk with Congress leaders
By News on Jul 23, 2011
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A source says Congressman David Wu will likely be speaking with congressional leaders Saturday about a newspaper report that a young woman has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter....