The Market Shrugged: Why House Republicans are confident they have the upper hand in the debt-ceiling negotiations.

The Market Shrugged: Why House Republicans are confident they have the upper hand in the debt-ceiling negotiations.: "The world didn't end Sunday. That was good news for everyone who isn't currently leading a rapture-ready cult, and it was especially good news for Republicans in Congress. They'd said for weeks that the July 22 debt-limit deadline floated by the White House was meaningless, and they'd been warned that when Asian markets opened on Sunday night local time, they'd careen out of control.

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