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Mon August 8, 2011

NPR Special Coverage: President Obama speaks on the economy

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Thank you for joining us for the live broadcast of the President's remarks.

President Obama addressed the nation this afternoon regarding the current economic situation. You can review a live-blog of the President's speech via NPR's "The Two-Way."

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1:29 pm
Tue August 2, 2011

President signs bipartisan debt ceiling plan into law

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Originally published on Tue August 2, 2011 11:43 am

Update at 2:07 p.m. ET. President Signs Bill:

President Obama has signed into law a bi-partisan bill that raises the debt ceiling and avoids a government default that analysts as well as the White House warned could have had catastrophic effects on the American economy.

Earlier today, the Senate voted 74-26 to send the bill to the president's desk. The AP reports Obama signed the bill privately in the Oval Office.

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