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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner pulls out of ‘big deal’ on debt ceiling — Speaker John Boehner told President Barack Obama Saturday that he would not move forward with talks on a large-scale deficit reduction plan, pointing to taxes and entitlements as the main sticking points.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Deficit Talks Scaled Back Over Tax Increases — WASHINGTON — Citing differences over tax revenues, House Speaker John A. Boehner on Saturday night said he would drop his push with President Obama for a far-reaching, $4 trillion deficit-reduction plan tied to a proposal to increase the federal debt limit.
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Wall Street Journal:
Boehner's Obama Gamble — A tax increase now for the promise of tax reform later won't fly. — President Obama wants Congress to raise the $14.3 trillion national debt limit, which means he needs House Republican votes. Yet Mr. Obama and the Washington chorus are insisting that in return …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House says Boehner balked over taxes, not entitlements — Boehner “couldn't do revenues from wealthiest Americans,” a White House official said. — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) all but extinguished hopes for a big deficit reduction deal because he refused to support …
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Statement by Speaker Boehner on Debt Limit Discussions — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement today regarding ongoing debt limit discussions with the White House:
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James Pethokoukis:
Will Boehner pull a ‘Reagan at Reykjavik’ and walk? — Will House Speaker John Boehner commit Republicans to raising $1 trillion in taxes as part of President Obama's last-minute push for as much as a $4 trillion debt reduction deal? Obama and the GOP meet Sunday evening, but things continue to develop quickly:
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Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Has Nancy Pelosi Been Marginalized in the Debt Debate?
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Philip Ruckerand Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Progressives and tea party lawmakers pressure leaders on debt deal
Stephen Clark / Fox News:
Bachmann Stands By Marriage Pledge That Links Slavery to Black Family Values — Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann is standing firm behind a pledge she signed Thursday that promotes marriage and social conservative values, but includes a passage in the opening statement …
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Liz / Gary Johnson 2012:
Gary Johnson Calls Family Leader Pledge “Offensive and Unrepublican” — July 9, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada - Presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson charged today in a formal statement through his campaign that the Family Leader “pledge” Republican candidates for President …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Conservative group backtracks on marriage pledge slavery language — A social conservative Iowa group has retracted language regarding slavery from the opening of a presidential candidates' pledge, amid a growing controversy over the document that Michele Bachmann had signed and Rick Santorum committed to.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
FAMiLY LEADER Statement Suggests Pledge, Signed By Bachmann, Requires Her To Prosecute Essentially All Porn — New audio of statements by the prominent Iowa social-conservative group THE FAMiLY LEADER suggests the group believes essentially all pornography is illegal.
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New York Times:
U.S. Is Deferring Millions in Pakistani Military Aid — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is suspending and, in some cases, canceling hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to the Pakistani military, in a move to chasten Pakistan for expelling American military trainers and to press its army to fight militants more effectively.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Panetta Says Defeat of Al Qaeda Is ‘Within Reach’
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Conrad budget cuts $800B from Defense — The secret Senate Democratic budget resolution relies heavily on $800 billion in cuts to the Pentagon. — The secret Senate Democratic budget resolution drafted by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and shared with the White House relies heavily …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Ann Althouse: Rube … Friday, the Wisconsin law professor asserted that she “made a rational choice” in voting for Obama in 2008, because she does not want to admit the truth: She was wrong, and not merely incidentally wrong, but disastrously, catastrophically wrong.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
After Years of Struggle, South Sudan Becomes a New Nation — JUBA, South Sudan — The celebrations erupted at midnight. Thousands of revelers poured into Juba's steamy streets in the predawn hours on Saturday, hoisting enormous flags, singing, dancing and leaping on the back of cars.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The new oppo research: Spotting the labels on the wine on the politician's restaurant table. — Some busybody business professor named Susan Feinberg pulled this trick on Paul Ryan and Talking Points Memo is lapping it up: … So, Feinberg was appalled, stunned, and outraged. That's got to hurt.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Sixteen Senators Ask DOJ To Investigate Potentially Illegal State Voter Disenfranchisement Laws — Sixteen senators led by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) submitted a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder last week asking him to examine whether the Voting Rights Act's prohibitions …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A real problem vs. an imaginary one — After the release of the June job numbers, there were plenty of worthwhile charts and graphs making the rounds, but this one from Paul Krugman was especially helpful. — In case it's a little hard to see, that red line is the unemployment rate …
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New York Post:
Clueless about jobs — America's economy grew by a minus cule 18,000 jobs in June, and unem ployment rose to an eye-popping 9.2 percent. Since April, the economy has produced a mere 43,000 new jobs. — Responded President Obama yesterday: “We still have a long way to go and a lot of work …
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama turns to small-scale solutions to a weak economy
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