WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 @ 9:00PM

THIS WEEK: CLEAN DEBT CEILING BILL, OBAMACARE DELAYS & GOP 2014 STRATEGY

While snow storms and weather delays seemed to be the big story along the Atlantic coast this week, there was plenty of news being made in the nation’s capital. On Capitol Hill, Congress passed a “clean” debt ceiling bill and approved a measure to restore pension benefits to military retirees. Republicans hoping to avoid more bad press like during the 2013 government shutdown and with an eye on the 2014 midterm election, retreated from their original strategy to link any hike in the debt-limit to measures designed to curb the Affordable Care Act or approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

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