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Obama will win the debt ceiling fight now – political capital is key
Ball, The Atlantic, 1-14-13
(Molly, “How Obama Is Winning Debt-Ceiling Politics—and Why It Doesn't Matter,”  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/how-obama-is-winning-debt-ceiling-politics-and-why-it-doesnt-matter/267155/, accessed 1-17-13)

Why did President Obama have a press conference Monday? In calling on Congress to
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rather than allowing Republicans to turn it into a conversation about government spending.
Energy debates drain capital
Izadi, National Journal, 12
(Elahe, 8-29-12, "Former Sen. Trent Lott, Ex-Rep. Jim Davis Bemoan Partisanship on Energy Issues" http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-election/former-members-bemoan-partisanship-on-energy-issues-20120829, accessed 11-8-12, CMM)

In a climate where everything from transportation issues to the farm bill have gotten caught
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Congress is gridlocked because of who is there.… The middle is gone.”

Default causes government shut-down and quick economic collapse
Klein, Washington Post, 1-7-13
(Ezra, “This is what would happen if we breach the debt ceiling,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/this-is-what-would-happen-if-we-breach-the-debt-ceiling/, accessed 1-7-13, CMM)

Want to make sure your calendar is clear when we hit the debt ceiling?
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Imagine: ‘America pays Chinese debt instead of Social Security.’ “

Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

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_ Free trade momentum building – 2013 is key

Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1-8-13 Edward, Opportunity Knocks for Obama on Tradehttp://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12604/opportunity-knocks-for-obama-on-trade

More by accident than by design, 2013 is shaping up to be the most
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that have either been under consideration or moving forward slowly for many years.
Plan triggers the Jones Act for construction vessels

Johnson, Analyst at Energy Acuity, 7-31-12 Matt, Vague Maritime Laws Preventing U.S. Offshore Wind Development, http://www.energyacuity.com/blog/bid/198593/Vague-Maritime-Laws-Preventing-U-S-Offshore-Wind-Development

Federal maritime laws create complications in determining the legality of developing offshore wind farms in
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for wind farms planned for the Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Fuels protectionism

Spencer, Heritage Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy, and Boccia, Research Coordinator in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, ’11 Jack and Romina, POWER Act: Doubling Down on Bad Energy Policy, 12-13, http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2011/pdf/wm3431.pdf 

An Expansion of Bad Policy. In essence, the¶ POWER Act expands the
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$2.8 billion and¶ $9.8 billion.3

Protectionism causes extinction
Panzer ‘8 (25-year veteran of the markets who has worked for for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase. New York Institute of Finance faculty member and a graduate of Columbia University. (Michael, Financial Armageddon, 136-8)
 Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the
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between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war.