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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP readies new debt ceiling plan; bill set for Sunday — House Republicans are finishing work on a new proposal to resolve the standoff over the debt ceiling. The proposal, set to be finished and crafted into the form of a bill by Sunday, will be in two parts.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Congress ditches Obama on debt talks — First came the Biden talks. When those blew up, the Obama-Boehner talks took center stage. And when that failed, the McConnell-Reid talks looked promising. And after they faltered, the Obama-Boehner talks tried to find a new life.
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Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Boehner's Market Signals? Did August 2nd Just Become Tomorrow? — Unbelievable. The scripting of this high stakes drama between House Speaker John Boehner balancing the White House on one side and the never compromise, never surrender Tea Party on the other keeps getting better and better.
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Obama and Boehner Back at the Altar? — ABC's Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports: — With the opening of Asian markets now hours away and talks between Congressional leaders at a stand-still, ABC News has learned of a new high-stakes turn in the debt ceiling drama.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Boehner Set To Call Obama's Bluff In Push For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Deal … Harry Reid , Debt Ceiling , Boehner Bluff , Boehner Obama , Boehner Savings , Boehner Short Term Deal , Debt Ceiling August , John Boener , Obama Bluff , Obama Savings , Obama Short Term Deal , Reid Short Term Deal , Short Term Deal , Politics News
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Boehner tells GOP he will unveil new debt strategy — House Speaker John A. Boehner told his troops Saturday that he hopes to roll out a two-step strategy within the next 24 hours for raising the federal debt ceiling to avoid roiling Asian financial markets when they open Sunday …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
‘Super Congress’: Debt Ceiling Negotiators Aim To Create New Legislative Body … WASHINGTON — Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi sees entitlement and tax reform delayed
Pelosi sees entitlement and tax reform delayed
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Reid: ‘I hope GOP leaders will reconsider their intransigence’ in negotiations
Reid: ‘I hope GOP leaders will reconsider their intransigence’ in negotiations
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Responsibility for debt talks shifts to Congress, away from Obama
Responsibility for debt talks shifts to Congress, away from Obama
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Andrew Goldman / New York Times:
Cornel West Flunks the President — What's with the black suit, white shirt, black tie outfit you always wear? Do you have anything else in your closet? — I've got four black suits that I circulate, and they are my cemetery clothes — my uniform that keeps me ready for battle.
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Margaret Sullivan / Buffalo News:
Same-sex couples rush to say ‘I do’ — NIAGARA FALLS — At the very moment the state extended the right to marry to same-sex couples, Kitty Lambert and Cheryle Rudd — surrounded by hundreds of friends and well-wishers in a historic ceremony against the backdrop of the rainbow-lit Falls — said, “I do.”
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
After Long Wait, Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York
After Long Wait, Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Republicans, Zealots and Our Security — IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought to damage our education system, we would erupt in outrage. — Well, wake up to the national security threat.
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Oregonian:
Oregon Rep. David Wu hears calls to resign after revelations of unwanted sexual encounter — BY CHARLES POPE, BETH SLOVIC and HARRY ESTEVE — Pressure on Democratic Rep. David Wu to resign intensified Saturday as leaders in his own party began confronting the embattled Oregon lawmaker …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Troubled David Wu reaches out to Nancy Pelosi
Troubled David Wu reaches out to Nancy Pelosi
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Make Way for the Radical Center — DID I mention that I've signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge …
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Mark Bittman / New York Times:
Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables — Mark Bittman writes about food for the opinion section. — WHAT will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits? The need is indisputable, since heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all in large part caused by the Standard American Diet.
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Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Norway Attacks Put Spotlight on Rise of Right-Wing Sentiment in Europe — BERLIN — The attacks in Oslo on Friday have riveted new attention on right-wing extremists not just in Norway but across Europe, where opposition to Muslim immigrants, globalization, the power of the European Union …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 27 — Amy Winehouse, the British singer who found worldwide fame with a smoky, hip-hop-inflected take on retro soul, yet became a tabloid fixture as her problems with drugs and alcohol brought about a strikingly public career collapse …
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Michelle Malkin:
No, James Fallows, the Washington Post doesn't owe “the world” an apology — The death toll has risen to a staggering 90-plus in the Norway massacre. — It is evil in its most unfathomable depths. There are now reports of a possible second gunman/accomplice, according to CBS News and VOA.
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