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The Two-Way
1:29 pm
Tue August 2, 2011

President signs bipartisan debt ceiling plan into law

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A screengrab of CSpan's coverage of the Senate vote.
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resident Obama makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden of the White House.
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By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Tue August 2, 2011 11:43 am

Update at 2:07 p.m. ET. President Signs Bill:

President Obama has signed into law a bi-partisan bill that raises the debt ceiling and avoids a government default that analysts as well as the White House warned could have had catastrophic effects on the American economy.

Earlier today, the Senate voted 74-26 to send the bill to the president's desk. The AP reports Obama signed the bill privately in the Oval Office.

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Obama's News Conference On Debt Ceiling
9:37 am
Fri July 29, 2011

President Obama speaks on status of debt ceiling negotiations

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President Barack Obama.
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President Obama spoke this morning regarding the status of the debt ceiling negotiations.

In case you missed his remarks or would like to review them, see this live-blog of the news conference via NPR's "The Two-Way."

Politics
11:41 am
Thu July 28, 2011

St. Louis-area voters feel frozen out by debt debate

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Catherine Ridgley, in St. Charles, Mo. with her daughter Carryl on July 27, says she's had "too much of government."
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By Alan Greenblatt

Originally published on Thu July 28, 2011 11:26 am

Rep. Todd Akin's constituents want to see a deal putting an end to the debt-ceiling debate, but not just any deal.

Despite party pressures, the Missouri Republican is planning to vote against Speaker John Boehner's latest proposal to lift the debt ceiling. It doesn't do enough to "address the spending problem," according to Akin's spokesman Steve Taylor.

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