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Political Checklist: Washington Fireworks in the Sky and in Congress

Jul 5, 2011 12:48 PM EST

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Political Editor David Chalian tells Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about viewing the 4th of July fireworks from the White House, and the fireworks that Pres. Obama is much more interested in.With a little more than two weeks to go before the deadline on raising the debt ceiling, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are still in a deadlock.

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