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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama Won't Negotiate Over Debt Limit
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/08/27/obama_wont_negotiate_over_debt_limit.htmlAugust 27, 2013
Obama Won't Negotiate Over Debt Limit
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said that President Obama won't bargain with GOP lawmakers over increasing the debt limit, USA Today reports.
The warning from Lew came one day after he formally notified House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) in a letter that the federal government will hit the $16.7 trillion debt limit in mid-October.
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Obama Won't Negotiate Over Debt Limit (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2013
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msongs
(74,165 posts)1. depends on what the meaning of "no" is nt
babylonsister
(172,802 posts)2. Ha! nt
spanone
(142,047 posts)3. good. fuck the thugs.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)4. Sure he will. nt
mick063
(2,424 posts)5. Some one tell me that Social Security is officially off the table.
I don't trust the man and has choice of poker chips.