US default deadline looms, no deal in sight AP via Yahoo! Singapore News Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:11 PM PDT President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto Republican emergency legislation to avert an unprecedented default as the clash over the U.S. debt deepened with a deadline only a week away. | EPA delays smog rule for fourth time Reuters via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it would again delay issuing a final limit on smog pollution opposed by manufacturers and many Republican lawmakers until the Obama administration has finished reviewing it. | GOP Pushed to Back Boehner's Debt Plan as OMB Urges Veto The Atlantic Wire Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:07 PM PDT House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is pushing Republicans to "unite behind" Speaker John Boehner and his plan to raise the debt limit, Roll Call 's John Stanton reports. Cantor's lobbying shows how desperate debt negotiations have become--only weeks ago, Cantor (pictured) was fairly obviously campaigning for Boehner's job and undermining the speaker's emerging deal with President Obama, the now ... | Debt poll: Voters with Obama Politico Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:00 PM PDT Most Americans would like to see a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, the survey says. | Waxman-Rockefeller Tax Is A Bad Deal For Senior Citizens Forbes via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama and key congressional Democrats want a better deal on prescription drugs sold to seniors. But if they get it, seniors will pay billions of dollars more for their medicines. | | |
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