That will be pretty painful for Geithner, considering he was planning to exit his role as Treasury Secretary as soon as this latest round of debt ceiling debates had concluded.

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Geithner also may have to deal with another round of debt-ceiling debates because the deal as is requires 12 lawmakers to propose deficit reduction measures this fall.

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If confirmed, he's likely to cross swords again with GOP leaders in a new round of budget and debt-ceiling talks that were already likely to be contentious.

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Photographs were handed round of rooms floor-to-ceiling with unopened packages ordered by the gullible (usually elderly) victims.

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When Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner proposed a permanent debt ceiling extension during the last round of negotiations, McConnell reportedly laughed in his face.

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The Treasury says it will run out of ways to get round the limit set by the formal debt ceiling by the end of February, or perhaps early March.

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Lew has irked powerful Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during tense negotiations to raise the debt ceiling as well as the final round of talks to avert the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012.

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At MIT, an auditorium was roofed with a swooping parabolic curve, and the brick walls of a small, round chapel were washed with daylight flowing from a ceiling oculus through the gilded, floating leaves of a Harry Bertoia sculpture.

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The value of the U.S. dollar, and its effect on the price of gold, for 2013 will be largely influenced by the upcoming second round of Fiscal Cliff decisions related to spending cuts, the impending Debt Ceiling decision and further Federal Reserve actions related to interest rates in response to the ongoing, sluggish economic recovery.

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The restaurant is also very well designed and beautiful, with paper lamps resembling jellyfish hanging from the ceiling and a wide variety of seating areas and options, all comfortable, with only round tables, creating more space than rows of the more common square versions.

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