Negotiations over the national debt entered a critical phase Thursday as President Obama challenged congressional leaders to embrace an ambitious but politically painful strategy to raise revenue and make changes to popular federal retirement programs.
Top Democrats were open to the idea, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pledged her ?full cooperation? after meeting with Obama and other senior lawmakers at the White House. Republicans were more skeptical, with one prominent exception ? House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).
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