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Debt Ceiling
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Capital Thinking
House Passes FY 2017 Defense Appropriations Bill; President Trump to Deliver FY 2018 Budget Outline This Week; Debt Ceiling Suspension Expires This Week
Legislative Activity FY 2017: House Passes Defense Appropriations Bill, What About the Rest? The House passed its $577.9 billion FY 2017 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 1301) last week by a…
Capital Thinking
As Senate Considers a Judicial Nomination, House Prepares to Take Up Debt Limit Legislation
Senate Legislative Activity The Senate will convene on Monday, February 8, at 2:00pm. Following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm, with…
Capital Thinking
Two-Year Budget Agreement Approved
Legislative Activity Two-Year Budget Agreement Approved Late last week, the House and Senate sent to the President a two-year bipartisan budget/debt ceiling agreement, The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (House…
Global Policy Watch
This Week in Congress: October 26, 2015
The week ahead will be a critical week for Congress, as the House of Representatives is scheduled to elect its new Speaker, and both chambers will be working to pass…
Capital Thinking
Debt Ceiling Looms Over House Speaker Elections
Legislative Activity Debt Ceiling Looms Over House Speaker Elections According to the Treasury Department, the debt ceiling will be reached on November 3, leaving the House only five more legislative…
Capital Thinking
Senate Takes on Sanctuary Cities; House Considers Legislation on Debt Limit, Reconciliation
Senate Legislative Activity The Senate will meet on Monday, October 19, at 4:00pm. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Calendar #252, S.2146,…
Capital Thinking
Budget Negotiations Begin; Debt Ceiling Closer than Expected; House to Markup Budget Reconciliation Package
Legislative Activity Budget Negotiations Begin Recently, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) began discussions with President Barack Obama on a budget deal. The three…
Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog
The Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Debt Limits And An Undersecured Mortgage On A Principal Residence
Chapter 13 bankruptcy has an important limitation. If the debtor’s debts are too large, Chapter 13 is unavailable: Only an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of…
Georgia Bankruptcy Law Network
Debt Limits: Too Much Debt For Chapter 13?
By Scott Riddle
Yes, it is possible to have too much debt for Chapter 13 but those are unusual cases. Unlike Chapter 7 cases, with no limit on the debt that can be…
The Right Coast
U.S. House Republicans capitulate on debt limit, offer clean increase | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Caving into President BarackObama's demands for a "clean" debt ceiling increase, Republicansin the House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to advancelegislation that extends U.S. borrowing…