Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, walks off of the stage after speaking at a news conference on the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Blunt was joined by, from right, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., Sen Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wisc. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)