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- The Treasury Department “intends to wait and see how Congress plans to move ahead [with legislation to raise the debt ceiling] before getting into details of how it would prioritize expenses and make a $29 billion interest payment to bond holders on Aug. 15th.” [Politico]
- House Republicans plan to meet at 10 a.m. today “to assess their options after they delayed a vote on their debt-ceiling bill [last night] due to a lack of support.” [Reuters]
- The Federal Reserve plans to provide financial firms with guidance on “how to handle the potentially turbulent financial waters if the United States exhausts its borrowing authority.” [Reuters]
- The CEOs of some of the nation’s largest banks “sent a letter to the White House and Congress on Thursday urging them to hurry up and reach a debt agreement.” [CNN Money]
- Labor unions plan to run ads in the districts of eight Republicans, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), criticizing their positions on raising the debt ceiling. [The Hill]
- Business groups are considering filing lawsuits to block some aspects of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. [Wall Street Journal]
- The Obama administration has reached a deal with major auto manufacturers “to raise fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks between 2017 and 2025, resolving a contentious negotiation over how to cut vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions.” [Washington Post]
- The ratings agency Moody’s today put Spain on notice for potential downgrade, “adding to concerns that a Greek rescue package has done little to halt the spread of Europe’s debt crisis.” [Reuters]
- The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday. Republicans have vowed to filibuster any CFPB nominee. [The Hill]
- Will Gorver Norquist’s anti-tax pledge hold? Maybe not. [BusinessWeek]
- Sen. John McCain said last night that Speaker of the House John Boehner’s leadership of the GOP “is clearly at stake” in the debt ceiling debate. [NBC’s Chuck Todd]
- States across the country “are bracing for plummeting high school graduation rates as districts nationwide dump flawed measurement formulas that often undercounted dropouts and produced inflated results.” [Associated Press]
- Advocates are pressing lawmakers to preserve K-12 education funding in any debt ceiling deal. [Education Week]
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