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Archive Home > 2011 > November > 20 > With a debt deal unlikely, Congress turns elsewhere

With a debt deal unlikely, Congress turns elsewhere

By Lori Montgomery and Rosalind S. Helderman / The Bulletin
November 20, 2011

WASHINGTON — The congressional committee tasked with reducing the federal deficit is poised to admit defeat as soon as Monday, and its unfinished business will set up a year-end battle over emergency jobless benefits and an expiring payroll tax holiday.

Those provisions are among a host of....

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