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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Reid Agrees To Major Debt Limit Deal — Here's What He's Signed Off On — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signed off on a deal to raise the debt limit pending the approval of his caucus — and of course if can win the backing of Senate GOP leaders and then a majority of the House.
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The Note:
Congressional Sources: Republicans and Democrats Reach Tentative Debt Deal — ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@JonKarl) reports: — Democratic and Republican Congressional sources involved in the negotiations tell ABC News that a tentative agreement has been reached on the framework of a deal …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid signs off on bipartisan debt deal but Boehner holds out — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has signed off on a tentative bipartisan deal forged between President Obama and GOP leaders to raise the debt limit. — But the emerging deal may be imperiled by last-minute reluctance …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate conservatives say they don't plan to delay consideration of debt-limit deal — Senate Republican conservatives say they do not plan to delay a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, giving Congress a chance to make the Aug. 2 deadline set by President Obama.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Senate Votes Down Reid Bill, Awaits Obama/McConnell Spending-Cut-Only Debt Limit Bill
Senate Votes Down Reid Bill, Awaits Obama/McConnell Spending-Cut-Only Debt Limit Bill
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Reid Backs Debt Deal and Hopes for Sunday Night Debt Vote
Reid Backs Debt Deal and Hopes for Sunday Night Debt Vote
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Fox News:
Senate Negotiators Scramble to Finalize Debt Deal After Reid Bill Tanks
Senate Negotiators Scramble to Finalize Debt Deal After Reid Bill Tanks
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Durbin: Debt Deal Will Be The Death Of Keynesian Economics
Durbin: Debt Deal Will Be The Death Of Keynesian Economics
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Dems, GOP Float Eye-Popping Debt Limit Compromise
Dems, GOP Float Eye-Popping Debt Limit Compromise
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New York Times:
Reid Backs Debt Deal; Defense Cuts Still in Debate
Reid Backs Debt Deal; Defense Cuts Still in Debate
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
The end of Harry Reid as we know it
The end of Harry Reid as we know it
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Senate Blocks Reid's Debt Ceiling Plan
Senate Blocks Reid's Debt Ceiling Plan
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP ready to declare victory in debt fight — Republicans on Sunday framed an emerging debt ceiling agreement as largely giving them what they wanted in a debt deal. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also pushed back Sunday against suggestions the prolonged fight over raising …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Griping begins as debt deal specifics emerge — Members of Congress from both parties fear their leaders may have conceded too much ground in an emerging deal to raise the debt ceiling, a sign of how difficult it'll be for a sweeping plan to be signed into law before the government begins to default on its debt later this week.
The Note:
The Note — Special ‘Countdown To Crisis’ Sunday Night Edition — Done Deal? — By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) — Are we closer to a debt-limit deal than we were this morning? Yes — much closer. — Is it a done deal? Not quite.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Negotiating All But Done for $2.7 Trillion Deficit Reduction Deal ... Now Comes the Selling — Sources from both parties tell ABC News that the major potential roadblock in deficit negotiations— the triggers — are now essentially agreed upon. The plan is for the House to vote on this tomorrow, assuming all goes according to plan.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Democrats will lose now. But they can win later. — Democrats are going to lose this one. The first stage of the emerging deal doesn't include revenue, doesn't include stimulus, and lets Republicans pocket a trillion dollars or more in cuts without offering anything to Democrats in return.
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Stanley B. Greenberg / New York Times:
Why Voters Tune Out Democrats — Stanley B. Greenberg is the chief executive of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a polling company that works with center-left political parties in the United States and abroad. — BARACK OBAMA can't catch a break from the American public on the economy …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP on verge of huge, unprecedented political victory — By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain dominates Denver straw poll; Rick Perry second — Herman Cain easily won the Western Conservative Summit presidential straw poll Sunday, drawing 246 ballots out of 508 cast and beating his nearest runner-up by a 179-vote margin. — Second-place contender Rick Perry took 67 votes, or 13 percent, to Cain's 48 percent.
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Jennifer Rubin Is An A**hole — Sorry, but there's really no other word for it. Talk about someone with a malfunction. You write for the Washington Post now, sweetie. You need to grow up and at least write like an adult, even if you can't manage to think like one.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A deal comes together
A deal comes together
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi, Dem leaders withholding judgment — Emerging from a Capitol Hill meeting with Democratic leaders, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday applauded President Obama for his work on bipartisan legislation to raise the debt ceiling, but deferred her judgment on the bill until …
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
PIMCO chief: Deal won't prevent downgrading of US AAA credit rating — The U.S. is headed for a downgrade in its credit rating regardless of whether a deal is reached this weekend, according to PIMCO founder and managing director Bill Gross. — When asked by CNN host Ali Velshi on Sunday whether …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Bring Back Poppy — WATCHING today's Republicans being led around by an extremist Tea Party faction, with no adult supervision, I find my mind drifting back to the late 1980s when I was assigned to cover the administration of George H.W. Bush, who I believe is one of our most underrated presidents.
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