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Debt Ceiling Negotiations

WTTW News | July 14, 2011, 7:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid paints a bleak picture of what will happen if Congress can't strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Eddie Arruza and our economic panel discuss how the U.S. and European financial crises could impact your bottom line.

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  • Paola Sapienza
  • Adolfo Laurenti
  • Michael Miller
  • 14th Amendment
  • Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012
  • Chicago Tribune article
  • The Economist article

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