Obama to GOP on debt deal: Let's go!

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Obama to GOP on debt deal: Let's go!


WASHINGTON — Faced with an Aug. 2 deadline that will halt the government’s ability to borrow more money, President Barack Obama signaled Monday he wants to resolve the debt ceiling issue so it is removed from next year’s election season.

“I will not sign a 30-day, or a 60-day, or a 90-day, or a 180-day extension: that is just not an acceptable approach,” he told reporters at a White House press conference. “If we think it’s hard now, imagine how these guys (in Congress) are going to be thinking six months from now, in the middle of an election season when they’re all up. It’s not going to get easier; it’s going to get harder. So we might as well do it now: Pull off the Band-Aid. Eat our peas.”

The president continued, "Now is the time to deal with these issues. If not now, when?"



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