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Boehner keeps hard line on debt ceiling

  May 21, 2012

House Speaker John Boehner insists that spending cuts exceed any increase to the debt ceiling when the federal government approaches its borrowing limit - likely at the end of this year. Such an ultimatum could cause a stalemate similar to the one between Republicans and Democrats last year, when the government flirted with default because lawmakers could not agree on the terms of a debt limit increase. Democrats say it would be irresponsible to repeat last summer’s battle.

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