Topic
Debt Ceiling
141 published works
The Right Coast
Default deniers scoff at debt-ceiling apocalypse – Rachael Bade – POLITICO.com
The looming debt ceiling fight may look like a classic who will blink first Washington debate, with a ticking time bomb waiting at the end.But for lawmakers like Pat Toomey,…
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Behind the Curtain: House GOP eyes default, shutdown – POLITICO.com
House Republicans are seriously entertaining dramatic steps, including default or shutting down the government, to force President Barack Obama to finally cut spending by the end of March.The idea of…
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The Blog Commenter Who Invented the Trillion-Dollar Coin – NationalJournal.com
In the midst of the debt-ceiling negotiations in the summer of 2011, a commenter on the blog Pragmatic Capitalism offered a simple suggestion to end the debate over the debt ceiling…
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Rivkin and Casey: The Myth of Government Default – WSJ.com
Once these false arguments are cleared away, the real issue in the debt-ceiling debate becomes clear: the proper level of federal spending. Should Congress fail to increase the debt ceiling…
Cordell Parvin Blog
What will your law practice be like in March, 2013 and January, 2017?
Whew! An exhausted nation finally witnessed an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. As reported in From NASCAR to rum, 10 weird parts of the ‘fiscal cliff’ deal, we, or I…
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Boehner offers debt-ceiling increase in cliff compromise – The Washington Post
House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the…
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Options narrow to avert fiscal cliff – Jake Sherman and Carrie Budoff Brown – POLITICO.com
Time is running short and so are the options available to avert the fiscal cliff.via www.politico.com
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Gov. Bobby Jinday, Cliff diving – POLITICO.com Print View
Today it s the fiscal cliff, but that surely will not be the end of it; next year it will be the fiscal mountain, after that the fiscal black hole,…
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The Morning Plum: Why Obama won t negotiate with GOP over debt ceiling
So here s the latest on the fiscal cliff talks: Republicans have edged closer to yielding on middle class taxes but they may now swing the gun in the direction…
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Obama: ‘Will Not Play That Game’ on Debt Ceiling Again – NationalJournal.com
President Obama on Wednesday issued his strongest warning yet to Republicans that he will not let the nation s debt ceiling become part of the current negotiations over tax and…