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President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, after traveling to Marquette, Mich.. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

GOP: No government shutdown if you play nice

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Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Deficit swells to biggest proportion since 1945

Jeannine Aversa, Christopher S. Rugaber
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President Barack Obama speaks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology, in Parkville, Md., Monday, Feb., 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)

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In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2011, stacks of the appendix of the 2012 budget wait to be bound at the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington. President Barack Obama Obama will send his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, Feb. 14. According to an Office of Management and Budget summary obtained by The Associated Press, the administration will propose more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade with two-thirds of that amount coming from spending cuts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP)

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People wave signs at a Tea Party protest on the grounds of the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on April 15, 2009.

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Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C., a leading supporter of a balanced budget amendment

The danger of a balanced budget amendment

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Andrew Taylor
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron

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El nuevo presidente de la C·mara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, el republicano John Boehner, anuncia el jueves 6 de enero del 2011 en rueda de prensa en el Capitolio algunas medidas de sus correligionarios sobre el gobierno del presidente Barack Obama. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Will GOP bust budget with security measures?

Alex Pareene

Andrew Leonard

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Sen. John Boehner and Robert Gates

Republican deficit hypocrisy on defense spending

Alex Pareene
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. leaves the Democratic caucus luncheon to speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington. Newly empowered Republicans suggest the nation's small businesses will be clobbered if tax cuts for those in the highest income brackets are allowed to expire on Dec. 31. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies argue the impact would be slight. Both can't be right. The truth lies somewhere in between. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

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House speaker-in-waiting Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Debt ceiling dilemma: How do you fight with crazy?

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Tom Coburn

Coburn wins: 9/11 healthcare bill less generous

Alex Pareene
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