White House: Twitter Helped Debt Agreement Along

Virtual pressure pushed deal

Late Sunday, congressional leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama announced that an agreement had been reached over the U.S. budget and impending debt crisis. The Twittersphere has been eager to weigh in on the deliberation process as a Tuesday default deadline looms.

The president himself urged people to tweet their congressmen using the hashtag #compromise. The call was followed by White House staff tweeting out the names of Republican legislators. A White House aide said (via Twitter) that the flood of e-mails and tweets pressuring decision makers to reach an agreement helped in the process.

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