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  • Obama says if Congress does not raise debt ceiling, 'We're deadbeats'

    09/20/2013 1:35:52 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 43 replies
    Reuters ^ | September 20, 2013 | by Roberta Rampton
    President Barack Obama challenged the U.S. Congress on Friday to approve an increase in the U.S. debt ceiling or else the United States will be unable to pay its bills and then, "We're deadbeats." Obama scolded Republicans for trying to gut funding for his signature healthcare law in exchange for a debt limit increase.
  • Baucus,Reid Warn Of Disaster To 50 Million Seniors,Six Million Children...

    09/20/2013 2:15:27 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 33 replies
    United States Senate Democrats ^ | Sep 20, 2013 | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont
    Baucus, Reid Warn Of Disaster To 50 Million Seniors, Six Million Children From House Continuing Resolution PlanWashington, DC – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today released a letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius detailing the disastrous effects the House of Representatives’ current Continuing Resolution plan, H.J. Res. 59, would have on millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and the more than six million children who rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Plan.“The House of Representatives’ current plan would have severe, far-reaching, painful costs to America’s seniors, children and our...