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FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McMorris Rodgers, the highest ranking GOP woman in Congress, will give the party's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, said that presidents have routinely negotiated with lawmakers in the past to reach agreements to increase borrowing, from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton to Mr. Obama himself in 2011.

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** FILE ** In this photo taken Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House Education Committee, center — joined by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., the Republican Conference chair, left — speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., right, as they finish a news conference about the fiscal cliff negotiations after a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined at left by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., far left, as they speak to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations after a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, right, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, following a GOP strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (left), Washington Republican, and other members of House GOP leadership, gestures as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, right, speaks to the media following a meeting of the Republican leadership about the fiscal cliff on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 while Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor look on. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, speaks Nov. 15, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill as House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (left), California Republican, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, look on. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, finishes a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), (far left), answers questions during the Congressional briefing on Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 while Isma'il Clayton, 13, who suffers from Asberger's Syndrome, Lauren Potter, an actress on the show "Glee" who has Down Syndrome, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who herself has a child with special needs, look on. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times