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President Obama "would likely sign" a clean bill that raised the debt ceiling for six weeks, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.

That's because once signed, it's written in stone, as far as the Dems are concerned. After the 6 weeks, they, along with their media, will be pushing for a permanent rise, saying "we" can't go back!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Ryan OKs forming budget conference "..........................Ryan’s office said that merely convening a conference or agreeing on a budget would not be enough to reopen the government or raise the debt ceiling, however.

"A budget resolution doesn’t have the force of law. So passing a budget resolution wouldn’t reopen the federal government. And it wouldn’t raise the debt ceiling, either. To open the government, pay our bills today, and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow, we will need to do a lot more,” House Budget spokesman William Allison said.

A leading Democrat slammed a budget conference under the threat of a continued shutdown and debt ceiling default.

“What we don’t understand, and what Republicans have not made clear, is why you have to keep the government shutdown while you are having a conversation. We’ve been trying to have that conversation since last March,” Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said.

A spring budget conference is supposed to work out a blueprint in order for 12 annual appropriations bills to be enacted by Sept. 30, 2014......."