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    Debt Negotiations Devolve

    Another high-level meeting was planned for the White House this afternoon, but it's considered unlikely to break the stalemate over taxes, spending and raising the debt limit by August 2. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a new idea : let President Obama raise the limit all by himself.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Another high-level meeting was planned for the White House this afternoon, but it's considered unlikely to break the stalemate over taxes, spending and raising the debt limit by August 2. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a new idea: let President Obama raise the limit all by himself. Carol Lee is White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Carol Lee

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Crumbling?
    1. 0:00Debt Negotiations DevolveYou’re reading this
    2. 7:25Murdoch's Media Empire Exposed
    3. 44:22Will Roundup Resistant Crops Be the End of the Monarch Butterfly?
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