House GOP seeks to defuse debt crisis

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership spoke to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congress's paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15.