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--AT: Won’t Pass – PartisanDebt Ceiling will pass, bipartisan compromise and Biden prove The State Column 6/21, Staff, “Rep. Chris Van Hollen: VP Joe Biden is making progress on debt talks” : http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/rep-chris-van-hollen-vp-joe-biden-is-making-progress-on-debt-talks/#ixzz1PwEgvsLR Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Monday that the group tasked with reaching a compromise on raising the debt ceiling, led by Vice President Joe Biden, is making progress. “We’re working hard … . We’re making progress,” Mr. Van Hollen said in an interview on MSNBC. The Maryland Democrat downplayed suggestions that Congress may be prepared to pass a series of short-term debt ceiling extensions this summer. The proposal was put forth by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday.
We’re focused on Plan A,” Mr. Van Hollen said, adding, “Nobody should be playing the game of chicken.” The comment comes as House Republicans continue to call for steep spending cuts, while Congressional Democrats seem reluctant to agree to nearly $6 trillion in spending cuts. Vice President Joe Biden has said he is “convinced” the White House and Congress will able to reach an agreement on a deficit reduction plan that leads to $4 trillion in savings over 10 to 12 years. The Vice President noted House Republicans and Democrats have already reached an agreement on “well beyond” $1 trillion in spending cuts. Will pass but capital’s key to bipartisan support The Hill 6/20 (Cristina Marcos, staff writer, “The Week Ahead: Under pressure over debt and Libya” http://thehill.com/homenews/news/167245-the-week-ahead-under-pressure-over-debt-and-libya?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=) Meanwhile, the negotiations between lawmakers and Vice President Biden continue — at least three meetings are set for this week. Participants say progress is being made, but questions remain as to whether lawmakers can craft a package that can gain bipartisan support. The Treasury Department said it can hold off the U.S. defaulting on its debt until Aug. 2. Both sides have said they’d like to have the issue resolved before Congress leaves for its July 4 recess. Will pass- cooperation but capital’s key Washington Post 6/18 (Felicia Sonmez, staff writer, “More civility less anger in debt ceiling talks” Lexis) Something's missing in the debate over raising the country's debt ceiling: anger. The highest-stakes political battle to date in the 112th Congress has been surprisingly absent the partisan rancor, name-calling and - for lack of a better term - blamesmanship that typically mark most spending fights in Washington. The civil tone that's emerged in the battle over raising the $14.3 trillion debt limit this summer appears to be a product of the cordial working relationships that have developed among the principals in the White House-led talks, particularly between Vice President Biden and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). But it also might stem from the tacit acknowledgment among all sides that even raising the specter of a federal default could have a catastrophic effect on the global economy. Joining in the bipartisan goodwill this weekend are President Obama, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), who are slated to hold their first "golf summit" Saturday. No policy details are likely to be engaged on the links, but goodwill toward reaching a real deal might be enhanced. The bonhomie is a far cry from the loud and personal attacks that have characterized most big Washington debates in recent years. Consider recent statements made by some of the group's principals as the debt-limit negotiators wrapped up their eighth meeting Thursday evening. --AT: Won’t pass – SpendingWill pass- GOP gets spending cuts and will vote for it Time 6/14 (Alex Altman, staff writer, “Debt Limit Talks Enter Crunch Time, But Negotiators Remain Far Apart http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/14/debt-limit-talks-enter-crunch-time-but-negotiatiors-remain-far-apart/#ixzz1PsMhNktk) Meanwhile, Democrats in the Biden group have already agreed to more than $1 trillion in spending reductions. Republicans want some $2.5 trillion all told. There are significant sticking points: Republicans, in defiance of the vast majority of budget analysts, are ignoring revenues. Democrats, determined to keep battering the GOP for voting to “end” Medicare, are skirting entitlement reform. Something has to give. And the GOP’s Tea Party wing, which sees the debt limit as its last change to deliver on its campaign promise to reform the culture of spending in the Capitol, is particularly insistent that the deal not be a mirage a la the 2011 budget deal, when $38.5 billion in cuts were later judged by the CBO to effect a mere fraction of that in real outlays. But House Republican aides say they expect their side to swallow a deal to avoid a full-blown meltdown. Several aides say they expect fewer defections than the 54 members who voted to shut down the govenrnment in the spring. Despite the series of polls that portrayed the public as opposed to a debt-limit increase, members will have political cover: 51% of respondents in a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll said they would support a debt-ceiling hike if it was paired with “deep cuts” in spending on federal programs. And the stakes are too high. “The full faith and credit of the United States is the underpinning not only of our way of life, it’s also the underpinning of a global financial system,” President Obama said Monday in an interview on NBC’s Today. “We could actually have a reprise of a financial crisis, if we play this too close to the line. So we’re going be working hard over the next month.”
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