Photos from the Debt Negotiations

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2011-08-04

After a long and heated debate, President Barack Obama signed into law a compromise that will reduce the deficit and avert a default on our obligations that would have devastated our economy.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet the Democratic leadership in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, July 21, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, OMB Director Jack Lew, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, and House Speaker John Boehner.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi following their meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, Saturday, July 30, 2011.

President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Chief of Staff Bill Daley’s West Wing office at the White House to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, Sunday, July 31, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; OMB Director Jack Lew; Vice President Joe Biden; and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Chief of Staff Bill Daley’s West Wing Office at the White House to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31, 2011. Chief of Staff Bill Daley, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.