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Gallup: Obama's not losing his base Politico Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:13 AM PDT The president has largely maintained his liberal support, a new poll finds. Let's make a deal? Activists on both sides aren't so happy with debt-ceiling agreement The Patriot-News Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:12 AM PDT Though President Barack Obama reached debt-ceiling detente with congressional Republicans on Monday, the deal drew faint praise and criticism from Pennsylvania liberal and conservative activists as they investigated its details. What Idaho's Saying About the Debt Debate FOX 12 Idaho Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:08 AM PDT Washington, D.C., has been flooded with phone calls and emails, ever since President Obama's speech on the debt debate Monday. Senate takes up debt limit bill, passage likely The Times-Reporter Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:04 AM PDT With just hours left before the national debt bumps against its ceiling, emergency bipartisan legislation to allow the government to borrow more faces one final test in the Senate. Expected passage there sends the bill to President Barack Obama, averting a potentially disastrous, first-ever government default and making a down payment toward taming out-of-control budget deficits. What health care reform is (and isn't) doing now CNN Money Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:01 AM PDT It's been more than a year since President Obama signed health care reform into law. The act's biggest provisions, which will make it easier for the uninsured to buy coverage, don't take effect until 2014. But Congress, eager to sell the plan to a skeptical public, wrote in a few benefits that have already kicked in. No default Khaleej Times Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:01 AM PDT The United States is poised to step back from the brink of economic disaster on Tuesday as a bitterly fought deal to cut the budget deficit is expected to clear the Senate and President Barack Obama’s desk. Obama Avoids Debt Crisis, But Other Standoffs Loom NPR Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:58 AM PDT President Obama kept a low profile Monday, the last day before the default deadline set by his administration. The president played a role, though, as Congress struggled to accept the debt ceiling deal the White House worked out with congressional leaders. It's a deal: Obama, Congress will avert default The Ames Tribune Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON â€" Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced a historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default. Letter: Current debt, economic woes should be pinned on Obama The Bay City Times Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:54 AM PDT Make no mistake about it. Mr. Obama is a "tax and spend" liberal. Correction, he is a leftist, and that is being kind to him. Mark Penn: Lessons Learned by Obama and the Republicans The Huffington Post Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:51 AM PDT The 11th hour budget deal may save the country from default but is unlikely to save either the president or the Republicans from continued political fallout for taking the country near the brink of financial calamity.

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