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House to Vote on Debt Ceiling, Without a Deal

They'll vote on a taxcut-free version

By Tim Karan, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2011 12:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bipartisan debt ceiling talks are still deadlocked, but the House plans a vote next week anyway, John Boehner announced today. The House will vote on a bill that would raise the debt ceiling $2.4 trillion, while cutting spending by even more than that, CBS reports. It would also cap spending and propose a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.

"We asked the president to lead," Boehner said. "We asked him to put forward a plan—not a speech, a real plan—and he hasn't. We will." Whatever the House votes on is unlikely to go far, and House leaders said the vote didn't preclude actually reaching a deal. In his press conference today, President Obama predicted the move. "My expectation is you'll probably see the House vote on a couple of things just to make political statements," he said, but it is "not going to be something I would support."

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, speaks during a news conference with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, on Capitol Hill, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Obama answers questions on the ongoing budget negotiations during a press conference Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Obama listens to a reporter's question during a press conference on the debt ceiling. (Getty Images)

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jass2

Jul 17, 2011 12:18 AM CDT

Poll after poll show the people overwhelmingly want a shared solution ....time for the rich and repubs to get the message and stop saying the people say they want to keep kissing the rich man's ass.....they're so full of shit its time to plant a few of them under the "people's" garden for fertilizer. Do the "people" have to act like Egyptians or Libyans before they will stop misrepresenting "The People"

Nora_Kit

Jul 16, 2011 4:50 AM CDT

Look we live in the country and I road downtown last week. I was disturbed that business after business had no cars in the parking lot and no lights on. As I arrived downtown the government parking lots were jammed packed and government buildings were going up like mushrooms. How long can the working poor afford this stimulous and it seems to me this is just targeted spending leaving the rest of us out.

saucier111

Jul 15, 2011 4:20 PM CDT

If America goes into a depression,I say they should stand trial for treason,because they took a oath to serve and protect but instead intentionally trying to destroy and cripple America. They all need to be fired and put in prison or worst.

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