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SF learns why Gabrielle Giffords returns to Congress (photos, video)

SF learns why Gabrielle Giffords returns to Congress (photos, video)WASHINGTON, D.C. -- San Francisco residents are learning in top news that...
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Be careful what you wish for - the downgrade of US debt

On May 19, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to propose tougher regulations for credit rating agencies. SEC Chairman...
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Do as I say, not as I do - the debt ceiling

Not long ago, raising the government’s debt ceiling was denounced in the following speech:"The fact that we are here today to debate...
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There will be no default

Even if the President and Congress fail to agree on raising the debt ceiling, there will be no default. Anyone who thinks there will be a default...
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Republicans push for austerity budget cuts in second debt ceiling battle

On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner, once again took America's economic health hostage with a new threat to refuse to raise the debt ceiling...
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Congress should avoid chaos: Raise debt ceiling

Ohio sent Boehner: Take him backSeniority doesn’t rule America, competence should. Ohio mistakenly elected John Boehner to Congress and then...
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Boehner draws debt ceiling battle lines

With the government driving the country past the $15.6 trillion dollar debt mark, the obvious question is whether our leaders have the wherewithal...
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Speaker Boehner threatens another debt ceiling fight

Last August the United States nearly went into default as Congress nearly failed to raise the debt ceiling in time. Today, Speaker Boehner (R-OH)...
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Obama alludes to government reaching debt ceiling two months before election

On February 13th, President Obama spoke from the White House in support of his new record setting $3.8 trillion budget proposal. In the speech, the...
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Republicans using budget and debt ceiling as strategy against Obama in 2012

In 2009, President Obama made a bold statement that before the end of his first term in office he would cut the budget deficit in half. At the time...
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