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Pelosi ready for deal on borrowing limit, spending levels

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to complete a deal with President Donald Trump this month that would raise the government's borrowing limit and set spending levels for the coming budget year.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to a question as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to a question as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Read moreAndrew Harnik / AP
    by Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to complete a deal with President Donald Trump this month that would raise the government's borrowing limit and set spending levels for the coming budget year.

Pelosi's office says the California Democrat spoke twice with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday, and she told reporters she is convinced the double-barreled negotiation needs to be completed before Congress leaves Washington for its August recess.

Mnuchin has been urging lawmakers to raise the so-called debt limit soon, warning that the government risks defaulting on U.S. obligations in early to mid-September. Pelosi and Capitol Hill GOP leaders want to pair the unpopular debt measure with a new spending “cap” for the approximately $1.3 trillion in agency budgets appropriated by Congress each year.