Senate To Hold Debt Vote After Obama’s Jobs Speech

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The Hill reports: “Reid also said the Senate would vote sometime after Obama speaks on a joint resolution of disapproval of Obama’s expected September decision to raise the debt ceiling again, in accordance with the July debt ceiling deal. That agreement allowed an initial $400 billion increase in the debt ceiling, and another $500 billion increase this month, subject to the failure of a resolution of disapproval in Congress.”

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