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Thursday, 10 October 2013

Boehner will offer short-term debt ceiling increase to Obama

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said yesterday he would give US President Barack Obama a proposal temporarily extending the government's ability to borrow money and averting a potential default - but only if he agrees to negotiate over ending a partial government shutdown and a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling. Though the Republican proposal could avert an unprecedented federal default that the Obama administration has warned could occur as early as Thursday, it would not...

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Ryan Is Again in the Forefront for the G.O.P. The New York Times

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15,000 Workers Won't Get Back Pay After Shutdown Huffington Post

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Obama signs bill restoring death benefits to fallen troops’ families during shutdown New York Daily News

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