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Republicans Scramble To Rewrite Debt Plan Following Figures Bungle

John Boehner

First Posted: 27/07/11 14:47 Updated: 26/09/11 11:12

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Guardian:

The Republican Party has had to re-write its plans to lift the US debt ceiling after miscalculating the spending cuts included in their proposal by almost $500m. A deal must be reached before the second of August as this is when the federal government is expected to effectively run out of money.

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The Republican Party has had to re-write its plans to lift the US debt ceiling after miscalculating the spending cuts included in their proposal by almost $500m. A deal must be reached before the seco...
The Republican Party has had to re-write its plans to lift the US debt ceiling after miscalculating the spending cuts included in their proposal by almost $500m. A deal must be reached before the seco...
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01:26 on 28/07/2011
Never liked this guy and will NOT vote for Republican...
Just will not after what I have re-read the modern history...

Republicans are living in a perfect ideal world...
Who in the world will have a picture perfect free market?
READ it slowly before criticizing... NO PERFECT PICTURE of any!!!!

I am not a politician and do not wish to be in today's world...
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Totto
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16:54 on 27/07/2011
And Republicans want to run the US, when they can't even do simple arithmetic.
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01:27 on 28/07/2011
WOW... R thinks we are all born identical...

where we belong is where they think we belong...

RICH!!!
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debi12197
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15:34 on 27/07/2011
Just as the American people knew all along......Boehners' plan just doesn't add up !!! LOL Nice try Slick. Quit ragging on the President and start working WITH him. Unless of course you want 70 million people marching on your front lawn on Aug 3rd.....
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17:16 on 27/07/2011
He is most likely banking on the fact that most of those 70 million people cant afford to travel and march on his front lawn. The actions of the GOP really is criminal.
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Kev Bat
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15:34 on 27/07/2011
... Yes , I noticed the error right away ..... The line stated ...." screw the American 99% of the time ..... a glaring mistake ...should have read ...screwing the American people 100% of the time .....................
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