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To the point of hurting the american people in economic downturn. bret: reality of passage? it s up to republicans right now. while speaker bane and the majority leader cantor have not indicated what they will do, they heard some indication today from boehner he is not going to support the idea of going about improving schools and the like, but in general, they haven t made a clear and loud statement of opposition to president obama. one of the key pieces of this pay-for deal is the guidelines to this bipartisan supercommittee. originally they had to come up with $1.5 trillion in cuts however they got there after the debt ceiling increase deal. now jacked up to $2 trillion. there is an additional trigger now. listen to the budget director explaining that. when the joint committee reaches its decisions later in ....
government goes about raising debt ceilings. senate leaders from both parties are hammering that out. the kick the can deal, a short-term deal that would raise the debt ceiling for a few weeks or months. the president has said he doesn t like that idea. coming up next the just get to 2012 deal, a compromise that would give the government spending power to get through the president elections. fourth, the grand compromise, the one the president is pushing for, the long-term deal that could take a big bite out of the deficit. two big head lines, the casualties keep coming and the scope keeps widening. rebekah brooks arrested. the woman once headed up his british papers, she s out on bail. headline two, the head of scotland yard resigns. sir paul stevenson is quitting over criticism how he handled the saga. as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had sunlged matters involve this affair differently. ....