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11:10 AM ET, July 31, 2011

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Congressional Sources: Republicans and Democrats Reach Tentative Debt Deal  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@JonKarl) reports:  —  Democratic and Republican Congressional sources involved in the negotiations tell ABC News that a tentative agreement has been reached on the framework of a deal …
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Outlines of Debt Compromise Emerge  —  An announcement could come as early as Sunday afternoon.  —  Here are the outlines of a debt-ceiling deal that congressional leaders and the Obama White House are firming up in preparation for a possible announcement as early as Sunday afternoon.
The Note:
Caution on Capitol Hill: ‘Nothing Is Agreed to Until Everything Is Agreed to’  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports:  —  There is caution on Capitol Hill about a tentative deal being reached.  —  As the mantra here goes, “nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to.”
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A deal comes together  —  Two senior Republican offices have confirmed that while the outlines of a debt-ceiling deal are in place, no “paper” has been exchanged.  The agreement would take the country through the 2012 election, but the Boehner bill two-step cutting process would remain.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
McConnell: 'We're very close' to a deal  —  Washington (CNN) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that a deal to raise the debt ceiling is “very close.”  —  Appearing on CNN's “State of the Union,” the Kentucky senator said Republicans and Democrats “made dramatic progress” …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Amid New Talks, Some Optimism on Debt Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — New budget talks between top Congressional Republicans and President Obama made progress late Saturday, suddenly stirring optimism that a last-minute deal could be reached to avert a potential federal default that threatened significant economic and political consequences.
Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
White House, Republicans Said to Reach Tentative Deal on U.S. Debt Ceiling  —  The White House and congressional Republicans have found the framework of an agreement to increase the nation's debt ceiling that would raise borrowing authority through the next presidential election, a person familiar with the talks said late last night.
The Note:
Reid Dismisses GOP Letter Against His Bill, Says His Bill Is ‘Only Game In Town’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell:
43 Senators Sign Letter Opposing The Reid Bill
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
‘Fully engaged’ McConnell expresses optimism on debt deal
Discussion: ThinkProgress and AMERICAblog News
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Tempest in a Tea Party  —  SO I was chatting with Chris Coons, the new Democratic senator from Delaware who had a rare win over the Tea Party when he beat loony Christine “I've Dabbled in Witchcraft but I Am Not a Witch” O'Donnell in the midterms.  —  Coons is a smart guy who's alarmed …
Discussion: Reuters, Weasel Zippers and Althouse
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rep. McCotter calls for a truce between Republicans, Tea Party
Stanley B. Greenberg / New York Times:
Why Voters Tune Out Democrats  —  Stanley B. Greenberg is the chief executive of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a polling company that works with center-left political parties in the United States and abroad.  —  BARACK OBAMA can't catch a break from the American public on the economy …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Suburban Guerrilla
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Declaration of independents  —  August is upon us, beaches beckon and Michele Bachmann has set the self-improvement bar high.  She recently told The Wall Street Journal, “When I go on vacation and I lay on the beach, I bring von Mises.”  The congresswoman may be the first person ever …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots and Hit & Run
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Moody's: Neither debt plan protects the nation's AAA rating  —  The “limited magnitude” of both debt plans put forward by congressional leaders would not put the nation's AAA credit rating back on solid footing, Moody's Investors Service announced Friday.  —  “Reductions of the magnitude …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Vox Popoli
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Sure Cure for the Debt Problem: Economic Growth  —  NOT so long ago, the National Debt Clock, perched above the Avenue of the Americas, a block east of Times Square, was running backward.  —  It seems remarkable now, with all the End Times talk of debt ceilings and default …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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