After Debt Fight, States Crave Stability By NPR Staff Published August 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM MDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio House Minority Assistant Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) heads into a meeting with House Democrats and Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol August 1, 2011 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla Copyright 2011 NPR