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News Alert: Congressional Leaders Have Agreement Framework Deal on Debt; Will Present Deal to Party Members on Monday

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Sunday, July 31, 2011 -- 8:45 PM EDT
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Congressional Leaders Have Agreement Framework Deal on Debt; Will Present Deal to Party Members on Monday

The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate announced Sunday night that they had reached a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avert a default.

President Obama spoke moments later at the White House, telling reporters that "the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid a default."

"My message to the world tonight is that this nation and this Congress are moving forward and we are moving forward together," Senator Harry Reid of Nevada said from the floor of the Senate.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said, "There is now a framework to review that will ensure significant cuts in Washington's spending."

The announcement came even as House Speaker John A. Boehner was holding a conference call with his Republican members.

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News Alert: Reid Approves Debt Agreement, Pending Approval of Democratic Caucus

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Sunday, July 31, 2011 -- 5:20 PM EDT
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Reid Approves Debt Agreement, Pending Approval of Democratic Caucus

A spokesman for Senator Harry Reid of Nevada said that the chamber's majority leader had "signed off on the debt-ceiling agreement pending caucus approval."

The development comes after Mr. Reid and other Democratic leaders met for about two hours in the Capitol. Mr. Reid told reporters that a vote could come Sunday night.

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News Alert: Senate Blocks Reid's Debt Ceiling Bill

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Sunday, July 31, 2011 -- 1:36 PM EDT
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Senate Blocks Reid's Debt Ceiling Bill

As last-ditch budget talks between top Congressional Republicans and President Obama continued on Sunday, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, convened the Senate at noon, then moved to a symbolic procedural vote on his own proposal for raising the debt ceiling.

Senate Republicans have been filibustering that plan, which House Republicans rejected on Saturday, and the procedural vote on breaking the filibuster fell 10 votes short of the 60 votes needed under Senate rules.

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السبت، 30 يوليو 2011

News Alert: Senate Vote on Debt Limit Postponed Until Sunday Afternoon

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Saturday, July 30, 2011 -- 10:17 PM EDT
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Senate Vote on Debt Limit Postponed Until Sunday Afternoon

The Senate will delay a crucial vote on the Democratic debt ceiling bill until 1 p.m. tomorrow amid growing indications that a compromise is in the works that will avert a federal default on Tuesday.

The delay averts a 1 a.m. legislative showdown in the Senate and all-night wrangling that Democrats had threatened on Friday. And it suggests that the looming deadline is working to pressure both sides toward a last-minute agreement.

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الجمعة، 29 يوليو 2011

News Alert: Senate Tables Boehner’s Debt Ceiling Bill

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Friday, July 29, 2011 -- 8:38 PM EDT
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Senate Tables Boehner's Debt Ceiling Bill

The United States Senate quickly dispatched the debt ceiling bill passed by the House Friday evening, tabling the Republican bill indefinitely and moving quickly to start consideration of a Democratic plan that would avoid default on Tuesday.

Less than two hours after House Speaker John A. Boehner pushed his bill through the House over the strenuous objections of nearly two dozen of his own Republican members, the Democratic leadership in the Senate followed through on their promise to kill his legislation.

But the move now sets up an uncertain 72 hours as the Congress moves ever closer to the Tuesday deadline when the Treasury Department says the country will default on its financial obligations without an increase in the debt ceiling.

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News Alert: In Party Line Vote, House Passes Boehner’s Debt Plan, 218-210

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Friday, July 29, 2011 -- 6:30 PM EDT
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In Party Line Vote, House Passes Boehner's Debt Plan, 218-210

The House of Representatives on Friday approved a plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling and cuts in spending, ending a week of intense fighting among Republicans and shifting the end game of the debate to the Senate.

The vote was 218-210, leaving House Speaker John A. Boehner with 22 Republicans who were unwilling to support his efforts to get a bill approved.

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Afternoon Update: Obama Calls for Debt Deal as the House Nears a Vote

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Obama Calls for Debt Deal as the House Nears a Vote

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, CARL HULSE and ROBERT PEAR

President Obama's address came as House Republican leaders sought support from their restive caucus and Senate Democrats suggested they might move ahead with their own plan.

News Analysis

G.O.P. Fervor Cuts 2 Ways for Boehner

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

The political insurgency that put Republicans into power in the House also has the potential to leave the party so divided that it struggles to govern.

Recovery Still Slow as New Data Show Little Growth

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

The 1.3 percent annual rate of growth for the American economy in the quarter was well below expectations, and revised data showed that the recession was worse than initially estimated.

2007 Letter Clearing Tabloid Is Under Scrutiny

By JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA Jr.

Investigators are looking into charges that reporters for The News of the World bribed the police.

Military Chiefs in Turkey Request to Step Down

By GUL TUYSUZ and J. DAVID GOODMAN

Top commanders' letters of retirement, apparently coordinated, deepened a rift with the government.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast

The House prepares to vote on Speaker John A. Boehner's modified plan to raise debt ceiling, and new data show that the United States' economic growth has slowed considerably since last year.

Opinion

Opinion | Sunday Review

Executions Should Be Televised

In this article from the next issue of Sunday Review, the authors argue that executions ought to be made public so people can see what is being done in their name.

BUSINESS
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Wall St., Prepared for the Worst, in Wait-and-See Mode

By AZAM AHMED and BEN PROTESS

Contingency plans are in place, positions established and cash sidelined. Now it's a matter of wait and see.

Gene Patent in Cancer Test Upheld by Appeals Panel

By ANDREW POLLACK

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.

Moody's Puts Spain's Debt on Review

By JULIA WERDIGIER

The credit rating agency cited concerns about rising borrowing costs and the risk that private investors might have to bear some of the pain in any future bailouts.

Study Faults Approval Process for Medical Devices

By BARRY MEIER

A top scientific group said the system that examines the safety of devices like artificial hips should be replaced.

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Merck Plans More Job Cuts

By DUFF WILSON

The pharmaceutical company is cutting up to 13 percent of its work force, or as many as 13,000 jobs, by 2015.

Books Update: 'This Beautiful Life'

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'This Beautiful Life'

In this timely novel, a family's Manhattan life comes crashing down when their 15-year-old forwards a sexually explicit video made for him, unsolicited, by a girl two years younger.

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Also in the Book Review

The Mechanic Muse

The Jargon of the Novel, Computed

We like to think modern fiction is free from the artificial stylistic pretensions of the past. But computer analysis reveals that linguistic tics unique to fiction writing endure.

'Age of Greed'

Jeff Madrick traces the regulatory and cultural changes that led to the country's current financial trouble.

'Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants'

A British nature writer is impressed by the ubiquitous resiliency of what we call weeds.

Sapphire

'The Kid'

In this sequel to "Push," Precious has died, and her son finds himself in a world of brutality.

'Jamrach's Menagerie'

In Carol Birch's historical novel, a young boy is lured on a sea voyage to hunt for a Komodo dragon in the East Indies.

Stephen Colbert at the

'Are You Serious?'

Lee Siegel explains how seriousness has evolved in Western society, from the age of Socrates to that of contemporary TV hosts.

Deborah Kay Davies

'True Things About Me'

A sexual obsession pulls this novel's heroine into her darkest self.

'The Astral'

The hero of this novel, a Brooklyn poet, is thrown out by his wife for adultery he didn't commit.

'A Billion Wicked Thoughts'

Two computational neuroscientists analyze Web searches to identify sexual desires and preferences.

'Perplexities of Consciousness'

A philosopher argues that we have a poor understanding of our conscious experience.

Thomas B. Reed

'Mr. Speaker!'

A life of Thomas Reed, the Gilded Age Congressional leader.

Nuremberg, summer 1945.

'Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany'

A history of the occupation of Germany after 1945, where there was little resistance to the Allies even as Hitler's influence lingered.

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Sketchbook | Wendy MacNaughton
Interactive Feature: Snacks of the Great Scribblers

Walt Whitman began the day with oysters and meat. The novelist Vendela Vida swears by pistachios. Lord Byron sipped vinegar to keep his weight down.

Book Review Podcast

Featuring Helen Schulman on her new novel, "The Beautiful Life"; and the linguist Ben Zimmer on what computer analysis reveals about the jargon of fiction.

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Editor's Note

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