Yesterday’s debt-limit talks were “very constructive,” according to President Obama. But with party leaders still far apart on a number of issues, Obama will reconvene the group Sunday in hopes of reaching a deal before the administration’s Aug. 2 deadline. Rank-and-file lawmakers are growing impatient with the pace of progress. This weekend also marks the Republic of South Sudan’s declaration of independence ceremony. Obama announced an American delegation to mark the occasion. U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice will lead the group, which also includes former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. …
This Morning Bell is the third in a five-part week-long series on how Obamacare will affect you. The scariest part about yesterday’s Senate Finance Committee vote passing its version of Obamacare, is not what is in their bill (to the extent that it even exists), but that the Finance Committee bill promises to be the high water mark for “bipartisanship” in health care reform. Now all of the other bills will be merged together behind the closed doors. All the bills are fundamentally flawed and will only get worse as …
