GOP pulls out of debt talks

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., who in recent days has grown frustrated with the bipartisan budget talks with the White House, has pulled out of the effort and is no longer participating, he announced Thursday and it appears another GOP participant, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., has also withdrawn from the negotiations.

With both Kyl and Cantor out of the talks, there is now no GOP representation in the negotiations. Four Democratic lawmakers remain, along with Vice President Joe Biden.

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