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To: Principled

10:07pm | Reid speaking now.

“There are negotiations going on at the White House now”
Reid postpones cloture vote until 1 pm Sunday

Reid says there is “still a distance to go before any arrangement can be completed”

Reid says he wants to give both sides room to negotiate a deal to raise the debt limit.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-coverage-congressional-debt-ceiling-showdown-2011-7#ixzz1Te3oJ8gJ


189 posted on 07/30/2011 7:31:04 PM PDT by silentknight
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To: silentknight

10:02pm | McConnell-Biden talking today.

They have spoken at least four times today — and are rumored to be trying to work out a deal based off the Boehner plan.

The New York Times reports that it may include mandatory cuts to entitlement spending if Congress can’t agree to lower the deficit in a second vote later this year.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-coverage-congressional-debt-ceiling-showdown-2011-7#ixzz1Te43oKbX


190 posted on 07/30/2011 7:31:47 PM PDT by silentknight
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