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Bloomberg reports The White House, in a statement, urged Boehner to allow a vote on raising the debt limit and repeated that only Congress can authorize more borrowing. Obama, who will make a statement and take questions in the White House briefing room, is willing to negotiate after Republicans end the shutdown and remove the risk of default, the statement said. The split-screen sniping — with Boehner speaking to reporters and Reid speaking on the Senate floor — came as lawmakers are taking the first tentative steps toward resolving the standoff