On Capitol Hill, Game of Political Chicken Continues Over Debt Limit

Over the weekend, Speaker of the House John Boehner maintained that his party could not agree to President Barack Obama’s $4 trillion spending cut deal over the next 10 years.
On Capitol Hill, Game of Political Chicken Continues Over Debt Limit
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President Barack Obama takes part in a debt meeting with congressional leaders, July 13, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (From L to R) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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