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Dem group to spend $700K countering Republican ads Seattle Times Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:10 PM PDT An outside political group founded this spring by two former Obama White House advisers has raked in millions in donations since April. 'Really close' to debt deal as deadline nears AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:09 PM PDT Racing to avoid a government default, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached urgently for a compromise Sunday to permit vital borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the two sides were "really, really close" to a deal after months of partisan fighting. Yet he and others ... Obama adviser Sperling sees no "double dip" recession WPIX 11 New York Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Gene Sperling said on "Fox News Sunday" he was "not worried the U.S. will have a double-dip recession" and urged Congress to approve an increase in the debt limit as a way to give certainty to financial markets. The NYT Wrongly Asserts That Economists Want to Cut Social Security Business Insider Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT The NYT is starting to do the same sort of editorializing in news stories for which Fox and the Washington Post are famous. It told readers that President Obama had proposed a change in the Social Security cost of living adjustment formula that would reduce scheduled benefits and then adds that this cut was "long sought by economists." Obama keen on debt deal Daily News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:49 PM PDT US: US President Barack Obama held an urgent White House summit with key Democratic allies Saturday as his Republican foes said fever-pitch efforts to avert a disastrous debt default would soon pay off. The Browser: A quick look at recent releases Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:48 PM PDT Father of the year he was not. Sally H. Jacobs' biography of Barack Hussein Obama Sr., father of the president, describes a private, mysterious and pompous man who lived a tumultuous life seasoned with liquor and polygamy. Former Obama Adviser Brews A Different Tea Party Georgia Public Broadcasting Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:46 PM PDT Van Jones left his post as green jobs czar in 2009 amid a firestorm of criticism. Now he's back with the "American Dream Movement," a grass-roots organization looking to mobilize what Jones considers the silent anti-Tea Party majority. read more U.S. debt talks inch toward possible deal CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:45 PM PDT The political gridlock in Washington appears to be easing Sunday, as Republicans say they are "very close" to reaching a deal with President Barack Obama and the Democrats to prevent the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt. White House, lawmakers, close in on debt deal AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:34 PM PDT With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy. Week in review: Debt debate dominates the news Post South Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:34 PM PDT - There hasn’t been progress on the debt ceiling talks , and on Friday morning, President Barack Obama gave a press conference and urged a Senate compromise.

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