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House Fails to Produce Plan as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms

HeadlineOct 16, 2013

The United States is teetering on the brink of default as tomorrow’s deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches. On Tuesday, the Senate appeared to be moving closer to a deal to raise the debt limit and reopen the government, but House Republicans failed twice to produce their own plan. House Speaker John Boehner addressed reporters.

Rep. John Boehner: “Our leadership team met with our members today, trying to find a way forward, in a bipartisan way, that would continue to provide fairness to the American people under 'Obamacare.' There are a lot of opinions about what direction to go. There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do.”

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