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7:40 PM ET, July 31, 2011

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Reid Agrees To Major Debt Limit Deal — Here's What He's Signed Off On  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signed off on a deal to raise the debt limit pending the approval of his caucus — and of course if can win the backing of Senate GOP leaders and then a majority of the House.
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The Note:
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate conservatives say they don't plan to delay consideration of debt-limit deal  —  Senate Republican conservatives say they do not plan to delay a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, giving Congress a chance to make the Aug. 2 deadline set by President Obama.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid signs off on bipartisan debt deal but Boehner holds out  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has signed off on a tentative bipartisan deal forged between President Obama and GOP leaders to raise the debt limit.  —  But the emerging deal may be imperiled by last-minute reluctance …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Senate Votes Down Reid Bill, Awaits Obama/McConnell Spending-Cut-Only Debt Limit Bill  —  Shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday, the Senate voted down Majority Leader Harry Reid's debt limit bill.  —  That plan has been outmoded by a new one, hammered out by the White House and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, that's still being finalized.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Outlines of Debt Compromise Emerge
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
The end of Harry Reid as we know it
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and The Note
The Hill:
Senate Dems discuss emerging deal
Discussion: The Other McCain, Reuters and Daily Kos
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Senate Blocks Reid's Debt Ceiling Plan
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The Note:
Caution on Capitol Hill: ‘Nothing Is Agreed to Until Everything Is Agreed to’
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP ready to declare victory in debt fight  —  Republicans on Sunday framed an emerging debt ceiling agreement as largely giving them what they wanted in a debt deal.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also pushed back Sunday against suggestions the prolonged fight over raising …
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Griping begins as debt deal specifics emerge  —  Members of Congress from both parties fear their leaders may have conceded too much ground in an emerging deal to raise the debt ceiling, a sign of how difficult it'll be for a sweeping plan to be signed into law before the government begins to default on its debt later this week.
Discussion: Truthdig and The Page
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:   McCarthy: GOP still wants balanced budget amendment
The Caucus:
McConnell Sees Deal “Very Close”; Focus Is on Triggers for Cuts
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Negotiating All But Done for $2.7 Trillion Deficit Reduction Deal ... Now Comes the Selling  —  Sources from both parties tell ABC News that the major potential roadblock in deficit negotiations— the triggers — are now essentially agreed upon.  The plan is for the House to vote on this tomorrow, assuming all goes according to plan.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Democrats will lose now.  But they can win later.  —  Democrats are going to lose this one.  The first stage of the emerging deal doesn't include revenue, doesn't include stimulus, and lets Republicans pocket a trillion dollars or more in cuts without offering anything to Democrats in return.
Discussion: MyDD, emptywheel and DISSENTING JUSTICE
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
W.H. ‘fine’ with no new revenues until 2013
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP on verge of huge, unprecedented political victory  —  By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion.
The Note:
Herman Cain wins Western Conservative Summit Straw Poll; Rick Perry Second  —  ABC News' Arlette Saenz (@arlettesaenz) reports:  —  Presidential candidate Herman Cain won the straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this weekend with 48 percent of the votes, followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Discussion: CNN
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain dominates Denver straw poll; Rick Perry second
Discussion: The Raw Story
Dan / Riehl World View:
Jennifer Rubin Is An A**hole  —  Sorry, but there's really no other word for it.  Talk about someone with a malfunction.  You write for the Washington Post now, sweetie.  You need to grow up and at least write like an adult, even if you can't manage to think like one.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A deal comes together
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Bring Back Poppy  —  WATCHING today's Republicans being led around by an extremist Tea Party faction, with no adult supervision, I find my mind drifting back to the late 1980s when I was assigned to cover the administration of George H.W. Bush, who I believe is one of our most underrated presidents.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Compromise In The Works  —  The rumored deals flying around Washington today all sound pretty bad.  And how could they not be?  The White House started with a position that: … But (1) and (3) were in significant tension.  The White House strategy for getting (3) was to persuade the public that (3) was the correct position.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Extortion politics: a new form of governing  —  Josh Marshall made an interesting point in passing yesterday, asking whether conservative Republicans could achieve massive spending cuts through “old-fashioned majority votes.”  Josh answered his own question: “Of course not.”
 
 
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