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Topic: Debt ceiling (page 10)

(Reuters/Samrang Pring)

Man up, Democrats!

Jillian Rayfield

(AP/Carolyn Kaster)

No more compromises

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(AP/Carolyn Kaster)

"Fiscal cliff" explained

Alex Seitz-Wald

Job seekers attend the Minneapolis Career Fair held Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Bloomington, Minn. (AP/Jim Mone)

A demonstrator from the Occupy Wall Street campaign stands with a dollar taped over his mouth as he stands in Zucotti Park near the financial district of New York September 30, 2011. (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

"Occupy Wall Street," today's Whiskey Rebellion

William Hogeland

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President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shares a light moment with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa at the Joint Commission Meeting Indonesia-U.S. in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) (AP)

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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, July 30, 2011.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP)

Our new era of hostage politics

Michael Winship

President Barack Obama

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Ken Langone

The baffling paranoia of rich guys against Obama

House Speaker John Boehner Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, as lawmakers work to finalize the debt deal agreement with one day left to avert a default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin's triumphant return to "Morning Joe"

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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, after the Senate passed the debt ceiling legislation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Will independents reward Obama for debt deal?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (L) shakes hands with with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (R) as they depart after a news conference about debt relief legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington August 1, 2011. Congressional leaders scrambled for enough support from skeptical lawmakers on Monday to push through an 11th-hour deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avert a potentially devastating debt default. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

The Founders would have hated the debt ceiling

William Hogeland

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