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Debt-Limit Harakiri
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The Wall Street Journal in this editorial says President Obama is negotiating deficit reductions with Republicans to gain an advantage in the 2012 presidential elections. Its view is that President Obama is offering Republicans a Hobson's choice: if they agree to raise taxes they would be giving up on a campaign pledge, and if the government shuts down and seniors do not get retirement checks in August letting the Republicans take the blame. For this reason it supports Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell's proposal to give the President the authority to make the debt limit increase, and for Republicans to withdraw from talks on the deficit reductions that involve tax increases.
Mitch McConnell's strategy in his debt ceiling initiative in mid 2011
07/13/2011
McConnell's twin goals of regaining Republican control of the Senate and preventing the re-election of Obama. How the debt ceiling plan he has offered fits in with this. His fears that a default on the U.S. debt could hurt Republicans as it did the last time this happened, when Clinton was re-elected. His plan would separate raising the debt ceiling limit from deficit reduction talks.
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Bob Woodward: The inside story of how Obama and Boehner negotiate - The Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal 07/14/2011
The Republican Case for Compromise Over the Debt Ceiling
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The phone call leading to the McConnell-Biden U.S. fiscal cliff deal of Jan. 1, 2013
10/25/2010
A phone call from Senator Biden begins the negotiations stalled first between Boehner and Obama, and then stalled between McConnell and Reid. Reid advised Obama to hold out for a better deal. Biden went on the Senate floor to ask if there was someone on the other side willing to dance. At that point Biden consulted Obama and the two decided it was worth a shot. Cantor and 151 Republicans opposed the deal with no spending cuts and McConnell trading higher estate taxes for extending unemployment benefits and postponing cuts. Boehner supported it and the deal passed the House.
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Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Bob Woodward: The inside story of how Obama and Boehner negotiate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
Boehner Urges G.O.P. Unity in âEpic Battleâ
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How Deal Was Made, Unmade, Then Saved
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An account of how the debt ceiling showdown happened- 2011-2013
10/25/2010
The events leading to the debt ceiling showdown between Obama and Cantor, how and why it happened.
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Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Obama, GOP Open Talks Over Temporary Debt Fix
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Poll Finds GOP Blamed More for Shutdown
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Senate Democrats and the Obama White House proposals for large tax increases in the 2011 deficit reduction talks
07/13/2011
The politics of the debt ceiling talks and how it involves both Republicans and Democrats.
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Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
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Budget Discord Simmers Among Democrats
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Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
Post-ABC poll: GOP too dug in on debt talks; public fears default consequences - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/20/2011
Threat of Mutiny in Both Parties Helped Scuttle Talks
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Post-ABC Poll on the Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction talks of June-July 2011
07/13/2011
The poll sees public discontent with the lack of compromise from Republicans and Democrats. About 63% of respondents say they would be looking for new faces in Congress. A majority of Republican respondents say they favor higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
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Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
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Q. and A. on the U.S. Debt Ceiling
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Eric Cantor, Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives
02/15/2009
Eric Cantor is a key figure in the negotiations over the budget, deficit reduction, and raising the budget ceiling. Cantor firmly opposes any tax increases for deficit reduction.
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GOP 'Young Guns' attack Obama and former party leaders in new book
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Cantor emerges as key player in debt negotiations - The Washington Post
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Mr. Obama’s debt deal advice: Give peas a chance - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/12/2011
Deficit discussions in the U.S. and revenue from taxes- 2011-2012
07/04/2011
Negotiations between the White House, Democrats and Republicans, to achieve major reductions and cuts in spending, and increase tax revenues by reducing tax expenditures. The discussions for an action plan on the U.S. budget deficit have reached an impasse with Republicans opposed to any tax increases.
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GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
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Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal 07/05/2011
New York Times 07/04/2011
New York Times 07/07/2011
Speaker John Boehner of the U.S. House of Representatives
07/12/2011
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The U.S. political system, politics and the U.S. Deficit in 2010-2013
12/30/2010
Republican positions that do not require offsets for tax reduction, and Democratic positions that go along with the status quo. The politics behind the debt ceiling talks as President Obama seeks re-election and advantage going into the election, and the conservative Republicans oppose any tax increases.
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Bob Woodward: The inside story of how Obama and Boehner negotiate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
Why Democrats Are Dug in on Shutdown Impasse
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The Boehner and Reid plans for U.S. deficit reduction one week before the Aug 2, 2011, debt ceiling deadline
07/13/2011
The politics behind competing factions, moderate Republicans Boehner and McConnell, Cantor and freshman Republicans, Reid and Pelosi Democrats, and the Obama White House, as they wrestle with the deficit. The political calculations and perceptions of each faction for the 2012 presidential elections.
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The U.S. Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction Deal of August 2, 2011
01/16/2009
The deal finally put together by Vice President Biden and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell on August 2, 2011. The deal requires the setting up of a debt panel to come up with additional savings.
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Krauthammer on the U.S. debt ceiling and deficit reduction talks of 2011
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Call his bluff - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/15/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
Post-ABC poll: GOP too dug in on debt talks; public fears default consequences - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/20/2011
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GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
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House rejects proposal to raise debt ceiling - The Washington Post
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New York Times 06/01/2011
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U.S. States preference for budget cuts not tax increases in deficit reduction- 2011-2012
07/07/2011
A detailed look at how 46 states turned to budget cuts not tax increases as they looked for ways to reduce the budget deficits.
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Families Feel Sharp Edge of State Budget Cuts
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States face bleak economic forecast, report says - The Washington Post
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New York Times 04/11/2011
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Job Picture Set to Test Obama in Key States
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The politicizing of the 2011 budget process- Obama, Cantor and McConnell (2)
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