House Has Voted to Raise the Debt Ceiling
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 31st, 2011 4:31 am by HL
House Has Voted to Raise the Debt Ceiling
John Hinderaker, Power Line
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James Pethokoukis, Reuters
Deal Not Close, Reid Says
John Stanton & David Drucker, Roll Call
Updated: 6:40 p.m.A grim faced Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returned to the Senate from a meeting with President Barack Obama Saturday with a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling nowhere in sight.”The question is are we closer to agreement? The answer is no,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters following his meeting with Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).The hastily called meeting lasted nearly an hour and a half, and followed a telephone conversation between Obama and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).Ironically, McConnell had expressed…