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By this fall, Washington could once again find itself embroiled in a debt limit debate, with lawmakers negotiating dollar-for-dollar over government spending. This week, before those negotiations start, President Obama will deliver to the nation his opening argument for a more progressive economic agenda. Rather than focus on the looming fights with Congress, Mr. Obama this week will in three speeches lay out a broad economic vision that focuses on building up the middle class. I m going to talk about where we need to go from here, how we need to put behind us the distractions and the phony debates and nonsense that somehow passes for politics these days and get back to basics, Mr. Obama told supporters at a Washington event Monday night. It s going to be the kickoff to what is essentially several months of us try stanley cup ing to get Washington and the press to re-focus on the economy... but also for us to start exploring some big stanley cup and bold ideas. WH to Congress: Don t use debt limit to hold up economyBernanke: Fiscal policy is stunti stanley cup spain ng the recovery With 1,200 days left in office, the president said he planned to use every waking minute of every one of those days, thinking about, and then acting upon, any good ideas out there that are going to help ordinary Americans succeed. The president s economic tour starts Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. -- a small liberal arts college where Mr. Obama in 2005 gave his first major Lqzg Calls Grow For Wolfowitz Resignation
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is shown during a televised Nevada Senate debate, Oct. 14, 2010, in Las Vegas. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Senate Democrats today put forward a plan to stanley cups uk keep the government funded for an additional 30 days and insisted that if there is stanley cup a government shutdown after funding runs out on March 4, it will be the fault of House Republicans. They ve been asked to take [the threat of a government shut down] off the table, Sen. Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. said in a conference call with reporters today. They won t. We have. Because the Democratic-led Congress failed to pass a budget for the full 2011 fiscal year last year, the government will run out of money on March 4 -- unless Congress passes some version of a Continuing Resolution CR bill. The House on Friday passed a CR bill that cuts more than $60 billion from this year s federal budget -- including funding for things like border security, Planned Parenthood and public broadcasting. The measure does not stand a chance in the Democratic-led Senate, and President Obama has promised to veto any CR bill that does not meet his standards. To avoid a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today proposed legislation to keep the government running for another 30 days at the funding level stanley cup s Congress approved in December. Reid and Schumer noted today those levels were
By this fall, Washington could once again find itself embroiled in a debt limit debate, with lawmakers negotiating dollar-for-dollar over government spending. This week, before those negotiations start, President Obama will deliver to the nation his opening argument for a more progressive economic agenda. Rather than focus on the looming fights with Congress, Mr. Obama this week will in three speeches lay out a broad economic vision that focuses on building up the middle class. I m going to talk about where we need to go from here, how we need to put behind us the distractions and the phony debates and nonsense that somehow passes for politics these days and get back to basics, Mr. Obama told supporters at a Washington event Monday night. It s going to be the kickoff to what is essentially several months of us try stanley cup ing to get Washington and the press to re-focus on the economy... but also for us to start exploring some big stanley cup and bold ideas. WH to Congress: Don t use debt limit to hold up economyBernanke: Fiscal policy is stunti stanley cup spain ng the recovery With 1,200 days left in office, the president said he planned to use every waking minute of every one of those days, thinking about, and then acting upon, any good ideas out there that are going to help ordinary Americans succeed. The president s economic tour starts Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. -- a small liberal arts college where Mr. Obama in 2005 gave his first major Lqzg Calls Grow For Wolfowitz Resignation
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is shown during a televised Nevada Senate debate, Oct. 14, 2010, in Las Vegas. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Senate Democrats today put forward a plan to stanley cups uk keep the government funded for an additional 30 days and insisted that if there is stanley cup a government shutdown after funding runs out on March 4, it will be the fault of House Republicans. They ve been asked to take [the threat of a government shut down] off the table, Sen. Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. said in a conference call with reporters today. They won t. We have. Because the Democratic-led Congress failed to pass a budget for the full 2011 fiscal year last year, the government will run out of money on March 4 -- unless Congress passes some version of a Continuing Resolution CR bill. The House on Friday passed a CR bill that cuts more than $60 billion from this year s federal budget -- including funding for things like border security, Planned Parenthood and public broadcasting. The measure does not stand a chance in the Democratic-led Senate, and President Obama has promised to veto any CR bill that does not meet his standards. To avoid a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today proposed legislation to keep the government running for another 30 days at the funding level stanley cup s Congress approved in December. Reid and Schumer noted today those levels were
