From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.The Republican-controlled House has approved the bill raising the nation's debt limits and containing no other provisions.As NPR's Edith Chapin reports,that's exactly what president Obama had insisted upon and what many House Republicans had opposed.House Speaker John Boehner recent years sits tight debt limits increasing to federal spending cuts,what he called the Boehner rule.But he abandoned that approach after he had unable to craft anything that would win enough Republican votes to reach the majority of full House.Boehner, nonetheless blamed Obama for refusing his offereing sessions in return for increasing the nation's borrowing authority to avoid the default."So president is driving up the debtand the president wanting to do nothing about the debt that's occurring,or not engaged in our long-term spending problem,and so let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants."Democrats provided the vast majority of the Yes vote.The proposal now goes to the Democrats currently controlled Senate,where a quick approval is expected.Edith Chapin, NPR News.Some live in Georgia have already seen snow, according to reports, more on the way, including possible ice.President Obama announced its declared emergency of the stateby making that declaration the White House clear the way for federal agencies to help the state and local jurisdiction during the coming storm.Aaron Strickland, the emergency operation director of Georgia Power saysthe storm of ice and snow has potentially devastating."This has the opportunity to be a huge event when you're talking about the amount of ice you're looking at."
