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Word for Word: Best Quotes of the Week, In Pictures

By Ethan Klapper

July 15, 2011 | 10:11 a.m.

WASHINGTON - JUNE 22:   U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (L) and House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) listen during a news briefing after a House Republican conference meeting June 22, 2011 at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House GOP leaders discussed various issues, including the spending cut, with the media.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

This week, it was all about the debt ceiling—well, almost all. Things got heated between President Obama and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Obama also mentioned we should “eat our peas” (in the context of the debt-ceiling debate, of course). Meanwhile, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., wants you to go to the Ames Straw Poll—no matter how. Here's the week that was, in quotes and pictures:

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