US debt crisis: Boehner's vote blunder edges US closer to the brink | Richard Adams | World news | guardian.co.uk 29/07/2011 06:00 BST

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The failure of the Republican leadership to even hold a vote on its own debt ceiling proposal edges the US government closer to running out of credit. Get ready for a rocky ride in the financial markets on Friday.