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House nears vote on GOP debt bill; Dems oppose
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Partisan to the core, Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled....Obama says time running out to avoid US default
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Partisan to the core, Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled....Economy slowed sharply in first half of year
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy expanded at meager 1.3 percent annual rate in the spring after scarcely growing at all in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Friday....Boehner rewrites his bill, conservatives climb on
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner hastily rewrote his stalled emergency debt-limit bill again Friday, and former conservative foes began climbing aboard. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid signaled he's ready to push ahead with his own version, and President Barack Obama declared "we're almost out of time" in a wrenching political standoff that has heightened fears of a market-rattling government default....Senate Dems to move ahead with debt-limit bill
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid served notice Friday that he's pushing ahead with his debt-limit bill as House Speaker John Boehner's rival measure languished in limbo, further escalating a wrenching political standoff that has heightened fears of a market-rattling government default....