Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Obama backs Senate debt deal, urges Congress to approve it swiftly: White House

Reporters gather around U.S. Senator Cruz as he announces he will not filibuster, after a Republican Senate caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama quickly endorsed a Senate deal aimed at averting a U.S. debt default and ending a government shutdown on Wednesday and wants Congress to approve it swiftly, the White House said. Spokesman Jay Carney, briefing reporters on Obama's reaction to the bipartisan Senate deal that emerged on Capitol Hill, said the agreement will reopen the government and remove the threat of a debt default. ...








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