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  • 'Eat our peas': Pea growers react to Obama remark

    07/11/2011 11:41:01 AM PDT · by Nachum · 57 replies
    L.A. Times ^ | 7/11/11 | Michael A. Memoli
    That's the reaction of the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council to the president's urging of budget negotiators to make the difficult choices necessary to reach a "grand bargain" to raise the nation's debt limit. "It's not going to get easier, it's going to get harder. So we might as well do it now; pull off the Band-aid, eat our peas," Obama said at a White House news conference. A spokesman for the pea council said it wasn't interpreting the remarks in a negative context. "We take President Obama's comment on the need to 'eat our peas' as a reference...
  • Obama increases pressure on Republicans on debt

    07/11/2011 12:43:14 PM PDT · by Vintage Freeper · 35 replies
    Reuters and Yahoo ^ | July 11, 2011 | Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday increased pressure on Republican lawmakers to make concessions for a deal to avoid an August 2 debt default and said both sides must "pull off the Band-aid" and make sacrifices. "If not now, when?" Obama said.
  • Obama says he's 'bent over backwards' to get deal with GOP

    07/11/2011 12:48:41 PM PDT · by ImJustAnotherOkie · 43 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/11/11 02:48 PM ET | Sam Youngman
    “I do not see a path to a deal if they do not budge. Period,” Obama said from the White House bully pulpit.