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7 Feb 2014:
Deal must be done on debt ceiling by end of February but Speaker Boehner says: ‘We’re not going to default’
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3 Feb 2014: Conservatives seek confrontation as October deal to avoid default runs out at end of February
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4 Nov 2013:
Richard Wolff: Here's how the capitalist scam works: let government borrow for crisis bailouts, then insist cuts pay for them. Guess who loses
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30 Oct 2013: 'Let's pledge to not shut the government down,' says senator as members from both parties seek smooth path to 2014 deal
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19 Oct 2013:
President repeats appeal for bipartisan co-operation later echoed by Hillary Clinton in Virginia campaign speech
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19 Oct 2013:
The government is open, Panda cam is back and a committee is looking at the budget. What could possibly go wrong?
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19 Oct 2013:
Head to head: Matt Rinaldi v Diane Roberts: Ted Cruz and southern conservatives have been blamed for causing the shutdown. But Tea Party supporters are unrepentant
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18 Oct 2013:
Mark Weisbrot: As Obama looks for a budget deal to forestall another shutdown, he should know a majority of Americans back economic justice
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18 Oct 2013:
Michael Cohen: China has problems of its own to worry about, but officials seem to trust the US will get past this political spasm. I wish I did
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18 Oct 2013: Republican infighting continues after last-minute deal avoids default while president and Democrats express new unity
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17 Oct 2013: Senator attacks commitment to spend $2.8bn on infrastructure work in states connected to leaders in Senate and House
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17 Oct 2013:
Liu Chang for Xinhua: As this latest crisis reveals, the US is unfit to govern itself, let alone lord it over the rest of us. We need a new world order
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17 Oct 2013: Senate and House pass bill to raise debt ceiling and reopen the US federal government as Republican party capitulates
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16 Oct 2013:
Ana Marie Cox: Amid the grim drama of political gridlock as America shudders toward default, there have been cameo roles and comedy turns
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16 Oct 2013:
John Boehner abandons House vote on temporary extension of debt ceiling as clock ticks down to 17 October deadline
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