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• Debt-limit votes: Senate momentum, House concerns (AP)
• Coverage with no copay extended to birth control (AP)
• Senators to offer plan to end FAA shutdown (AP)
• Defense facing cuts up to $850 billion over decade (AP)
• APNewsBreak: FDA says sleepy brownies are unsafe (AP)
• Analysis: Bipartisan deal, bipartisan opposition (AP)
• Debt and budget bill saves more than $2T (AP)
• Delay on Iraq decision threatens smooth withdrawal (AP)
• Report: Netanyahu relents on borders (Politico)
• 'Wait, waffle and wimp out' (Politico)
• Romney opposes debt deal (AP)
• Protesters in House gallery arrested (AP)
• US blacklists 2 members of Somali insurgent group (AP)
• Cameron's trip: no service, no tip, at Tuscan cafe (AP)
• Treasurys rise on debt deal, weak economic growth (AP)
• It’s Obama’s Economy (The Weekly Standard)
• Nobody wants to adopt Hitler cat (Daily Caller)
• Veep pitches plan to Hill Dems (Daily Caller)
• Biden Used the Word 'Terrorists' to Describe the Tea Party (The Atlantic Wire)
• Debt Ceiling Debate: Gluttony vs. Compromise (ContributorNetwork)

Debt-limit votes: Senate momentum, House concerns (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:19 PM PDT AP - Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default and slice federal spending by $2 trillion or more sped toward a showdown vote in the House on Monday and possibly the Senate as well, just a day before the deadline for action.

Coverage with no copay extended to birth control (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT AP - A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women's health care potentially as transformative: coverage of birth control as prevention, with no copays.

Senators to offer plan to end FAA shutdown (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT AP - Key senators have crafted a plan to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that includes eliminating air service subsidies to some remote communities.

Defense facing cuts up to $850 billion over decade (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:19 PM PDT AP - A military fighting three wars is staring down budget cuts of up to $850 billion over a decade, some of the deepest reductions since the end of the Cold War.

APNewsBreak: FDA says sleepy brownies are unsafe (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:02 PM PDT AP - The Food and Drug Administration has warned the manufacturer of melatonin-laced brownies called "Lazy Larry" that the government considers them unsafe and could seize them from store shelves.

Analysis: Bipartisan deal, bipartisan opposition (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:26 AM PDT AP - The newly struck debt-ceiling compromise between President Barack Obama and the Republican leaders of Congress represents a historic accomplishment of divided government, with all the disappointment that implies for the most ardent partisans inside the two major parties and out.

Debt and budget bill saves more than $2T (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:54 AM PDT AP - A new study says the debt and budget bill backed by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders would save taxpayers at least $2.1 trillion over the coming decade.

Delay on Iraq decision threatens smooth withdrawal (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:07 PM PDT AP - Now is the time for Iraq to decide whether to ask American forces to stay beyond the end of the year, the top U.S. military officer said Monday as he arrived in the country, warning that the delay is pushing the U.S. close to the point where a smooth, safe troop withdrawal will be jeopardized.

Report: Netanyahu relents on borders (Politico) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT Politico - The Israeli prime minister has agreed to accept the 1967 borders as a starting point for peace talks.

'Wait, waffle and wimp out' (Politico) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:53 AM PDT Politico - Bill Burton, President Obama's former mouthpiece who's now at PrioritiesUSA, one of the outside Democratic groups, hits the press with an afternoon memo bracketing Mitt Romney's new-found position on the debt ceiling debate as too little, too late:

Romney opposes debt deal (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:06 AM PDT AP - Mitt Romney said Monday he opposes the compromise to raise the nation's debt ceiling, becoming the second Republican presidential contender to oppose a deal backed by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in both parties.

Protesters in House gallery arrested (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:32 PM PDT AP - Twenty-two protesters were arrested Monday after disrupting the opening of the House debate on a bill to resolve the debt limit crisis, Capitol Police said.

US blacklists 2 members of Somali insurgent group (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT AP - The U.S. Treasury is putting two members of the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab on a terrorist blacklist.

Cameron's trip: no service, no tip, at Tuscan cafe (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:51 AM PDT AP - A barmaid has made a name for herself, but no tip, after telling British Prime David Cameron he could carry his own cappuccino during his Tuscan holiday breakfast.

Treasurys rise on debt deal, weak economic growth (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - Treasury prices rose Monday as the two houses of Congress voted on a deal reached between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to raise the nation's borrowing limit ahead of Tuesday's deadline.

It’s Obama’s Economy (The Weekly Standard) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT The Weekly Standard - According to the Commerce Department numbers released Friday, the U.S. economy is growing at just 1.3 percent.

Nobody wants to adopt Hitler cat (Daily Caller) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:02 PM PDT Daily Caller - Cat life can be challenging, especially if you look like Hilter on top of battling dogs, chasing mice, and dodging less-than-gentle children.

Veep pitches plan to Hill Dems (Daily Caller) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:54 PM PDT Daily Caller - Vice President Joe Biden today visited dismayed Democrats on Capitol Hill to pitch the simmering debt ceiling deal.

Biden Used the Word 'Terrorists' to Describe the Tea Party (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:54 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Vice President Joe Biden accused Tea Party-backed Republicans of "acting like terrorists" in the negotiations to raise the debt limit during a two-hour meeting with Democrats on Monday, Politico reports. Expressing the frustrations the liberal wing of the party has with the concessions made to Republicans, Rep. Mike Doyle angrily said, “We have negotiated with terrorists... This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.” Biden agreed. Oops:

Debt Ceiling Debate: Gluttony vs. Compromise (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The debt ceiling debate and dueling plans are consuming the airwaves yet again this weekend. The word "compromise" is spilling out of the mouths of Democrats at every turn. Claims that Americans are begging for compromise and outright hatred and fear of the tea party are consuming every segment of left-leaning news segments on MSNBC. The designated buzz word to illustrate the true problem surrounding the lack of a cohesive approach to the debt ceiling problem, should be gluttony.

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