Live updates: House plan to avert debt default falls apart — again

As the U.S. heads toward a debt default, conservatives are digging in deeper

House Speaker John Boehner
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UPDATE: 7:27: EST: With the House in disarray, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are going back to work on the tentative compromise they reached Monday night.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.