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4:50 AM ET, July 25, 2011

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
EXCLUSIVE: What Boehner said to the caucus  —  From a source familiar with the call, this is what House Speaker John Boehner told House Republicans on Sunday: … That suggests to me that the House Republicans will pass a bill, send it to the Senate and let the Democrats decide if they want to send the country into default.
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John Hayward / Human Events:
Barack the Mad  —  The American presidency comes off the rails.  —  On Friday, right after his Democrat colleagues in the Senate used a procedural maneuver to kill the Cut, Cap and Balance Act without a real vote, President Obama held a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland …
Discussion: Doug Ross
Rita Nazareth / Bloomberg:
U.S. Stock Futures Decline After Lawmakers Fail to Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal  —  U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will slump after rallying within 1.4 percent of a three-year high, as failure to raise the federal debt limit intensified concern of a default.
Elizabeth Drew / New York Review of Books:
What Were They Thinking?  —  Someday people will look back and wonder, What were they thinking?  Why, in the midst of a stalled recovery, with the economy fragile and job creation slowing to a trickle, did the nation's leaders decide that the thing to do—in order to raise the debt limit …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bill would force Obama to pay Social Security, military if US defaults  —  Tea Party conservatives hope to make a push on the House floor to force President Obama to avoid a national default if Congress fails to raise the debt limit.  —  Members of the Senate Tea Party Caucus have met …
Discussion: The Politico and RedState
Paul Krugman:
President Pushover  —  Updated: Drew article now available.  —  The redoubtable Elizabeth Drew has a forthcoming article in the New York Review of Books — that confirms all our worst fears.  She tells us that past concessions have … Even more alarming, however, is her window on what the White House is thinking:
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CNN: Reid Working on His Own All-Cuts Debt Limit Proposal
Discussion: Associated Press and Taylor Marsh
David Rogers / The Politico:
Boehner, Reid key to path out of debt crisis
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The Hill:
Boehner expects to have proposal Monday; Reid, Pelosi meet Obama
Mike / Rortybomb:
The Activist Ratings Agencies and Their Poor Public Sector Predictions
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Debt-limit compromise elusive as separate strategies take shape in House, Senate
The Politico:
No debt deal in sight, parties go separate ways
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript: July 24, 2011
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Durbin to Boehner: ‘You break it, you own it’
Discussion: The Politico
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A small deal won't cut it
The Politico:
Wu won't resign; Pelosi seeks probe  —  Embattled Rep. David Wu will not seek reelection in 2012, but he won't resign from office now despite allegations that the Oregon Democrat had an “unwanted sexual encounter” with the teenage daughter of a close friend last Thanksgiving.
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Charles Pope / Oregonian:
Rep. David Wu won't resign, Nancy Pelosi calls for ethics investigation  —  Rep. David Wu said late Sunday he would not resign but would complete his term and then retire from Congress.  —  The surprising decision came one day after senior Democratic leaders urged the seven-term Democrat …
Susan Crabtree / TPMDC:   Boehner Urges GOPers To ‘Stick Together’ As He Works On A Compromise
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann launches scathing attack on Tim Pawlenty  —  In a statement just released from her presidential campaign, Michele Bachmann delivers a harsh counterattack on her former home-state governor, hitting back at his charge that she lacks the experience to be president and blaming Tim Pawlenty for a …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Debate Clucker Tim Pawlenty Asks Candy Crowley ‘Is President Obama Chicken?’
Newsweek:
The Maid's Tale  —  She was paid to clean up after the rich and powerful.  Then she walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's room—and a global scandal.  Now she tells her story.  —  “Hello?  Housekeeping.”  —  The maid hovered in the suite's large living room, just inside the entrance.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Amid Tears, Flickering Candles and Flowers, a Shaken Norway Mourns  —  OSLO — Sunday was a day of remembrance and self-examination for Norway, a small country shaken by the massacre of at least 93 of its people, many of them children, by one of its own.  —  The royal family and average citizens alike …
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Reuters:
Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam “Crusader”
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Maggie's Farm
Paul Krugman:
Means-testing Medicare  —  I've been thinking about this issue more since Friday's discussion with David Brooks, and have come to the conclusion that this is an even worse idea, on pure policy grounds, than even most liberals realize.  —  The usual argument against means-testing …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Opposed Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase, Now Calls Obama's Opposition to Short-Term Increase ‘Indefensible’  —  Today, Speaker John Boehner told the House GOP caucus that he is preparing a short-term bill that would raise the debt ceiling for about six months, despite Obama's pledge to veto such a measure.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Someone is putting words in Jen Rubin's mouth  —  The Washington Post management doesn't seem to get it.  One James Fallows — he who made light of earthquakes in China and never offered a word of apology for his screwy defamation of conservatives in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords …
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Give GOP 10-Point Edge Over Democrats on Economy  —  With lawmakers haggling over government debt and consumer confidence at a two-year low, voter confidence in Republicans to handle the economy is growing.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows …
 
 
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