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Durbin: Debt Deal Will Be The Death Of Keynesian Economics … WASHINGTON — The Republicans are killing Keynesian economics with their attempt to cut spending as the economy rebounds from a recession, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a floor speech on Sunday.
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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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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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IT'S A DEAL! Obama, Congressional Leaders Announce Deal To Avoid Default
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Debt Deal Emerging With Rightward Tilt — President Barack Obama's rightward lurch to reach a $3 trillion deficit reduction deal with no guarantee of additional revenues had liberals fuming and Republicans all but declaring victory Sunday afternoon. — With time running out to reach …
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Obama and Leaders Reach Debt Deal — WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders of both parties said late Sunday that they had agreed to a framework for a budget deal that would cut trillions of dollars in federal spending over the next decade and clear the way for an increase in the government's borrowing limit.

Reid, McConnell endorse deal, will present to rank-and-file Monday
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Compromise Debt Deal in Sight
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Deal watch: Yes or no? Update: Deal; Update: Boehner releases details; Update: Obama video added
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House Democrats might not back debt deal: Pelosi
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Pelosi, Dem leaders withholding judgment
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Senate conservatives say they don't plan to delay consideration of debt-limit deal
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The debt-ceiling deal: Winners and losers — The debt ceiling fight is over. The White House and congressional leaders have settled on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, enact immediate spending cuts and, our favorite part, create a super-commission designed to trim the federal budget further by the end of the year.
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To Escape Chaos, a Terrible Deal — There is little to like about the tentative agreement between Congressional leaders and the White House except that it happened at all. The deal would avert a catastrophic government default, immediately and probably through the end of 2012.
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GOP wins when the fight is over cuts not more taxes
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Democrats and some Republicans still grumbling
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Democrats will lose now. But they can win later.
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Did Obama capitulate — or is this a cagey move? — It was President Obama's bottom line, a position he repeated in every recent public utterance on his debt-ceiling talks with Congress: Any deal must be “balanced” with spending cuts and tax increases. — But in his eleventh-hour stare …
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White House, congressional leaders reach debt-limit deal — President Obama and congressional leaders Sunday night sealed a deal to raise the federal debt limit that includes sharp spending cuts but no new taxes, breaking a partisan impasse that has driven the nation to the brink of a government default.
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A Tea Party Triumph — The debt deal is a rare bipartisan victory for the forces of smaller government. — If a good political compromise is one that has something for everyone to hate, then last night's bipartisan debt-ceiling deal is a triumph. The bargain is nonetheless better …
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The President Surrenders — A deal to raise the federal debt ceiling is in the works. If it goes through, many commentators will declare that disaster was avoided. But they will be wrong. — For the deal itself, given the available information, is a disaster, and not just for President Obama and his party.
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A deal that found the lowest-common denominator — (Alex Wong - VIA BLOOMBERG) Assuming no hiccups in the House — and that might be a big assumption — we've got a deal. The deficit-reduction side includes $1 trillion in cuts now, $1.5 trillion (or more) in deficit reduction later, and a vote on a balanced budget amendment.
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Summer Camp? Antisemitic Indoctrination Training Center … The day of the Norway shooting, I was blindsided by one of the survivor's statements to the press immediately after the shooting (see above). It was so outside the box, I thought it was the kneejerk response of an anti-semite in shock.
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Ads tout Rick Perry as ‘better option’ for president — A new so-called super PAC supporting a prospective Rick Perry presidential campaign is going up Monday in Iowa with a statewide television buy touting the Texas governor as “a better option” for president.
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Biden charging Secret Service for cottage rental — The U.S. Secret Service does more than protect Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — the agency also pays him rent. — Since April, Mr. Biden has collected more than $13,000 from the agency charged with protecting him and his family …
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Outrageous... Obama Has Top Admiral Tell Troops in Afghanistan They May Not Get Paid (Video) — Nice... Obama's scaring the hell out of our troops. — Barack Obama had Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen fly to Afghanistan this weekend to tell the troops serving there that their families …
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Mullen: Effect of debt ceiling crisis on military unknown
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