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  • Durbin to GOP: 'You break it, you own it’

    07/24/2011 4:51:57 PM PDT · by bigbob · 67 replies
    The Hill dot com ^ | 7-24-11 | Alicia M. Cohn
    The second most powerful Democrat in the Senate warned Republicans Sunday that they are toying with a fragile economy and would take the blame for any fallout from a debt default. On Sunday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he had six words of warning for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio): “If you break it, you own it.” Republicans and the White House have argued the case that the president “owns” the economy, along with its recovery. Durbin slammed Boehner for calling off debt-ceiling negotiations with the White House on Friday. “The president negotiated with you in good faith,”...