Congress seeks debt result, Obama goes to public

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is working on dual tracks and racing against the clock to raise the nation's debt ceiling while President Barack Obama appeals directly to the public in hopes of influencing a deficit reduction deal that failed to materialize during talks he led at the White House. "We ...

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