{"id":501213,"date":"2013-10-05T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=501213"},"modified":"2013-10-05T22:59:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T14:59:03","slug":"obama-says-he-expects-congress-will-raise-debt-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/501213\/obama-says-he-expects-congress-will-raise-debt-cap","title":{"rendered":"Obama says he expects Congress will raise debt cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_501215\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501215\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-501215 \" title=\"barack-obama-White-House-library\" src=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library-129x85.jpg 129w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library-342x227.jpg 342w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2013\/10\/barack-obama-White-House-library.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-501215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama speaks during a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington, four days into a partial government shutdown. AP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Barack Obama says he doesn’t expect Congress to breach the deadline to increase the nation’s borrowing limit.<\/p>\n\n<p>He says he’s willing to negotiate changes to his signature health care law and to find ways to reduce spending, but stresses he will not bargain until after Congress reopens the government and passes a new debt ceiling.<\/p>\n\n<p>Obama says there’s a majority of lawmakers in the House who would vote to end the partial government shutdown and raise the credit limit without conditions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Obama spoke during an interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n<p>The government is expected to hits its $16.7 trillion debt ceiling in mid-October. Failure to raise it could lead to a first-ever default. 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