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A day after President Obama chided Congress for his lazy work schedule, Leader of the majority of the Senate Harry Reid announced that the Senate is the cancellation of its niche on July 4.
"The Senate will meet Tuesday the day after the fourth," Reid said on the Senate floor today, reports CBS Capitol Hill producer John Nolen. "We will do that because we have work to do."
At a press conference, Mr. Obama called Wednesday for the members of the Congress "cancel things and stay here," in Washington if it is not "substantial progress" at the end of the week on an agreement to increase the debt limit.
He complained that members are "[session] a week, they are on a week."
"You must be here", Mr. Obama said, directing his comments of the members. I "ve been here."
Look at the Obama President castigating Congress, leftThe Senate had to be out of the session the week next and recesses a month from August 6. The House of representatives has been off the coast of eight weeks this year so far (including this week) and is expected to leave once more the week of July 18.
The White House negotiated with a group of legislators bipartisan to try out a deal to raise the ceiling of the debt of hash $ 14.3 billion.
The Government of the United States reached the debt limit on May 16, but the Treasury has put in place what he called "extraordinary" measures to keep the Government from defaulting on its loans.
The Obama administration and many economists have warned, however, that Congress should raise the limit of debt by 2 August to avoid economic disaster. The "Early Show CBS' Thursday, White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe has reiterated this point.
"If we do not pay our bills and go to the default, you know, that the situation could be catastrophic,"Plouffe said noting that interest rates would increase and social security payments could be delayed.""
House President John Bohener Tuesday called the period 2 August "artificial".
Several senators this week expressed their opposition to the suggestion of Reid to keep the Senate in session next week, reports Politico.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for example, said that she had important constituent to attend meetings. In addition, it was not necessary to remain in the session, taking into account the debt limit negotiations involve only a handful of members of Congress.
She said "Tell Me what it is that we are going to do - that is what we are going to do?". "". If there is real work in progress, I'm here to do the job. If they are here to send a message, they can send many messages without me. »
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