WASHINGTON (AP) -- With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered Tuesday to hand President Barack Obama new powers to avert a first-ever government default threatened for Aug. 2....
By DAVID ESPO, Associated Press
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:23pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered Tuesday to hand President Barack Obama new powers to avert a first-ever government default threatened for Aug. 2....