Breaking deficit ceiling news
July 22, 2011 at 20:30 PM EDT
House Speaker Boehner Pulls Out of Debt Ceiling Talks The Republican House speaker, John A. Boehner, said Friday that he had broken off talks with President Obama on getting a budget deal to avert a government default. Mr. Boehner said that Mr. Obama wanted to raise taxes too high and won’t make “fundamental changes” to benefit programs [...]