House To Vote On Short-Term Debt Ceiling Extension

NPR | Jan. 23, 2013 5:13 a.m. | Updated: Jan. 23, 2013 8:57 a.m.

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The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a Republican leadership plan to put off the debt ceiling fight for three months. This marks a new strategy for House Republicans who until recently had pledged not to raise the debt ceiling unless it was matched with an equal amount of spending cuts.