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Debt Battle Growing More Urgent, but GOP, Democrats Not...

At a White House news conference Wednesday, President Obama insisted that congressional leaders put everything on the table, including spending, benefits programs and tax increases, in order to reach a debt limit deal. Jeffrey Brown discusses ongoing negotiations with Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J.