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Topic: Debt ceiling (page 13)

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho.

President Barack Obama discusses the continuing budget talks, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in the the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Former president Ronald Reagan in 1987

Playing the Reagan card

The newly opened Wynn Encore casino and hotel is lit up in Macau April 22, 2010. U.S. gambling tycoon Steve Wynn said he may move his company's headquarters to Macau as it embarks on a major expansion there, in a nod to the rise of the former Portuguese enclave as the world's new gambling capital. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: CITYSCAPE BUSINESS) (Â© Bobby Yip / Reuters)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Boehner said he is considering alternative budget plans even as the House takes up a GOP proposal to cap spending and eventually require a balanced budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Sen. Tom Coburn (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trip To New York City with Lucas (Joseph Gareri)

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Michael Bloomberg, Robert Rubin and Pete Peterson

Rep. Rokita

Mitch McConnell (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)

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Rep. Eric Cantor, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in 1995

They're still the impeachment party

President Barack Obama answers questions on the ongoing budget negotiations during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Former president Bill Clinton on Nov. 6, 1996.

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The far-right blogger who has the GOP's ear

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. takes part in news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Harry Hamburg)

President Barack Obama

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Mitch McConnell

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 11, 2011, as debt talks continued. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Mitch McConnell

The case for a balanced-budget amendment

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