Debt Deal Negotiations – 31 July 2011

The latest headlines & breaking news on negotiations for a new debt deal.

1.  CNN (Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is Confident

    That the Current Plan Under Discussion Will Provide a Debt-

    Ceiling Increase to Avoid Default)

2.  Fox News: +212 minutes (Senate Nears Debt-Plan Vote)

3.  CNN: +39 minutes (Senate Republicans on Sunday Blocked a

    Democratic Effort to End Debate and Move to a Vote on

    Majority Leader Harry Reid's Debt-Ceiling Proposal (am I

    just wrong in my belief that "Democratic" is not

    grammatically correct in this sentence?))

    Fox News (Senate Vote on Democratic Debt Plan Fails)

5.  Washington Post: +5 minutes (Harry Reid's Debt Deal

    Defeated)

6.  MSNBC: +2 minutes (Senate Fails to End Debate on Senator

    Reid's Debt-Ceiling Proposal; It Remains Alive as Vehicle

    for Eventual Deal)

7.  Denver Post: +6 minutes (As Talks Go On, Senate Rejects

    Democratic Debt Plan)

8.  CBS News: +8 minutes (Senate GOP Filibuster​s Democratic

    Debt Bill)

9.  Wall Street Journal: +1 minute (Senate Extends Debate on

    Deficit Package as Leaders Close In on Deal)

10. New York Times: +4 minutes (Senate Blocks Reid's Debt-

    Ceiling Bill)