But on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers that lack of action to raise the borrowing limit would mean a lower credit rating.

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MS. CLAUSSEN: There are many reasons to put a price on carbon, the most important being that climate change is already costing society (through extreme weather events), and we need to take action to limit those costs.

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The Fed's half-point cut in mid-September showed that the central bank is worried about the effect of the housing market on growth but also that it hopes speedy action will limit the extent to which that infects the broader economy.

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But a dissenting Justice John Paul Stevens said the court was "seriously misguided" in its attempt to limit state action designed to accommodate the political concerns of minority groups.

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