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End in Sight in Debt Ceiling Standoff?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:47PMWith support growing for a $3.7 trillion bipartisan Senate "Gang of Six" deficit reduction plan, the original group met all together, by themselves, for the first time in months Tuesday afternoon to plot their next move given their newfound possibilities, including significant presidential praise.

Albert R. Hunt: Politics, not economics, drives anti-tax standTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:19AMWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, in the heat of budget deliberations, told Republicans that their intransigence over taxes was a matter of ideology, not economics. It’s also about coalitions and contributors.

If government doesn’t quit spending or reach debt deal, lawmakers foresee ‘serious consequences’Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:17AMArea lawmakers are apparently divided over whether to raise the nation’s debt limit ceiling or risk a potentially dangerous government default.

Letters on Keystone pipeline, Social Security paymentsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:40AMI strongly disagree with opinions expressed in a recent letter to the editor (Tuesday) opposing the Keystone XL pipeline to transport oil from the Canadian tar sands. Canada has proven itself a reliable friend and ally.

GOP assails Obama; debt negotiators scrambleWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:26PMWith time is running out to raise the national debt ceiling, the White House and lawmakers scrambled to salvage talks.