Senator Reid Signs Off on Debt Deal – 31 July 2011

Negotiations are nearing an end.

1.  CNN (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Said in a Statement

    Issued Sunday That He Signed Off on a Debt-Ceiling

    Agreement Reached With President Barack Obama and

    Republican Leaders)

2.  Wall Street Journal: +10 minutes (Reid Says He Has Signed

    Off on a Debt Deal)

3.  New York Times: +12 minutes (Reid Approves Debt Agreement,

    Pending Approval of Democratic Caucus)

4.  Chicago Tribune: +8 minutes (Reid Signals Support for Deal)

5.  CNN: +159 minutes (President Barack Obama Will Deliver a

    Statement to the Press at 8:40pm ET on Debt-Ceiling

    Negotiations)

    Fox News (Obama to Make Statement)

7.  Houston Chronicle: +2 minutes (Sides Strike Debt Deal 2

    Days Before Deadline)

8.  USA Today: +3 minutes (Debt Deal to Prevent Default in

    Place)

9.  CNN: +1 minute (President Barack Obama and Congressional

    Leaders Reached Agreement Sunday on a Legislative Package

    That Would Extend the Federal Debt-Ceiling)

10. Kansas City Star: +4 minutes (Deal Reportedly Struck to

    Raise US Debt-Ceiling)

11. Fox News: +2 minutes (Obama, Boehner, Democrats Reportedly

    Strike Debt Deal)

    Washington Post (Reid Declares Debt Deal is Finished)

13. Wall Street Journal: +2 minutes (Obama Says Congressional

    Leaders Have Agreed to a Debt Deal)

    WGN Radio (Obama Announces Debt Deal)

    ABC News (Senators Reid, McConnell Say on Senate Floor

    Compromise Deal Reached on Debt Plan)

16. Minneapolis Star-Tribune: +2 minutes (Obama, Congress Reach

    Debt Deal)

17. Los Angeles Times: +5 minutes (Obama Announces That

    Democrats and Republican​s Have Reached Debt Agreement)

18. Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin: +2 minutes (Obama, Congress

    Strike a Debt Deal)

    Washington Post (Obama: Agreement Has Been Reached on

    Raising Debt Limit)

20. CNN: +12 minutes (Two Days Before the Deadline For a

    Possible US Government Default, President Barack Obama and

    Congressional Leaders Reached Agreement)

21. CBS News: +1 minute (President Obama Announces an Agreement

    on Raising Debt Limit, Saying Deal Will End Crisis and

    Remove Cloud Over the Economy)

22. Boston Herald: +13 minutes (Obama, Congress Reach a Debt

    Deal)

23. Duluth News Tribune: +2 minutes (Obama, Congress Reach a

    Debt Deal (always amuses me when multiple sources use

    the same headline))

24. Denver Post: +20 minutes (It's a Deal: Obama, Congress Will

    Avert Default )

24. CNN: +9 minutes (House Speaker John Boehner Told House

    Republicans Sunday night That There is Nothing In the

    Framework of the Newly Announced Debt Agreement That

    "Violates Our Principles")