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    National News / Washington
    7/31/2011  21:13
    It's a deal: Obama, Congress will avert default
    Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.
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    National News / Washington
    7/12/2011  16:10
    Give Obama new debt limit power, GOP leader says
    With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered Tuesday to hand President Barack Obama new powers to avert the first-ever government default threatened for Aug. 2.