House GOP Will Propose Temporary Debt Ceiling Increase

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Cong... House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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House Republican leadership announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation for a temporary debt-limit increase in exchange for talks over the federal budget.

“What we have discussed as a conference is a temporary extension of the debt ceiling,” Speaker John Boehner told reporters, “in exchange for a real commitment by this president and the Senate majority leader to sit down and talk about the pressing problems that are facing all the American people, and that includes a broad array of issues.”

 

 

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