HEADLINES
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The Congressional Budget Office said the debt ceiling deal would cut deficits by at least $2.1 trillion over the next ten years.
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The 2012 GOP field has largely avoided weighing in on the debt ceiling deal.
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Observers say the emerging debt deal appears to align more closely with the ideology of Republicans.
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Will West lose because he supported debt deal?
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The president turns his attention to another milestone: His 50th birthday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, describing the debt ceiling deal:
"A sugar-coated Satan sandwich."
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Lee1865, on Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane's "White House, congressional leaders reach debt-limit deal" story:
Are we supposed to applaud? This was a manufactured crisis. The fact that they resolved it means nothing — it was a diversion from the real work they needed to be doing.
Q&A DISCUSSIONS
Joe Davidson and Eric Yoder was online at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss federal workers and the debt deal:
Q: Mr. Davidson, I'm a federal employee and quite frankly I'm tired of being the political strawman to be knocked over. The private sector would take longer than my team and I do and cost a minimum of twice what my team and I cost (for the contractors their usual works out to about twice my team and I's annual salary per project!). Yet I am obviously overpaid and don't do work. Who are the champions of the federal workforce? Who is the voice making the case for Federal employees and the quality work that we do?
Joe Davidson:
Several people and organizations make the case for federal employees, but their voices don't always carry the day. Certainly federal unions speak up, so do some members of Congress. John Berry, the OPM director, is a big cheerleader for federal workers, though what he can advocate is limited by administration policy.
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MULTIMEDIA
Video: Free birth control part of new health guidelines
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports on historic new health rules that require health insurance companies to cover birth control for women. Then, Chris Wragge talks to White House Deputy Senior Adviser Stephanie Cutter about the new rules and the history of how they came into effect.
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