Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Wednesday issued a statement following the vote by the House of Representatives to increase the debt limit without attached spending cuts, saying he’s “pleased” that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other GOP members “have decided to change course, and pass a bill that defuses yet another fight over the debt ceiling.”
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