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Boehner Proposes Debt Ceiling Lift

FISCAL FREEZE

For one year.

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J. Scott Applewhite/AP

As the dreaded fiscal cliff date draws nearer, lawmakers are pushing compromises. On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner offered to push the fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, according to sources familiar with the talks.

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