- Tea Party members bring forward a bill today that would make significant cuts to entitlement programs and pass a balanced budget Constitutional amendment - and, in doing so, raise the debt ceiling $2.4 trillion. The bill is dead on arrival in the Senate and the White House has promised a veto.
- The former "Gang of Six" (bipartisan group of six Senators) will privately unveil their deficit reduction plan to 40-50 Senators. The plan reforms the revenue code, makes spending cuts that would close the deficit by $3.6-3.7 billion.
- Former President Bill Clinton has begun to advocate for President Obama to unilaterally increase the deficit ceiling, arguing that such a ceiling is unconstitutional.
- Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) has said that the Senate will remain in session until an agreement is reached.
The drama continues.
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