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Debt Ceiling
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
How the President Should Deal With the Debt Limit
Neil H. Buchanan (GW) argues at the Jurist.org that the President should just pay the nation's bills if Congress fails to increase the debt ceiling.Buchanan summarizes an argument that he…
Capital Thinking
Budget Conference Committee to be Established; Senator Voices Disapproval of Using Civilian Courts and Prisons for Captured Terrorists
Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Budget Last week’s successful eleventh-hour Senate-led bipartisan proposal (H.R. 2775) to raise the debt ceiling (until February 7) and end the government shutdown, by essentially…
Capital Thinking
Attention Turns To Budget Negotiations As Debt Ceiling Lifts
Legislative Activity With the shutdown behind us, debt ceiling lifted and the government reopened, attention now turns to budget negotiations. The continuing resolution (CR) compromise passed Wednesday included a December…
Focus on Regulation
U.S. Government shutdown and debt-ceiling impasse resolved, until early 2014
By Mike House, James Wickett, Robert Glennon, John Stanton, Michael Bell, Jack Jacobson
On October 16, after weeks of stalemate and false starts, the U.S. Senate and House both passed legislation, signed by President Obama, to increase the U.S. debt-ceiling and continue to…
The Right Coast
For GOP, the Damage Is Undeniable | Rothenblog
The deal to open the government and raise the debt ceiling may be done, but the damage to the national Republican Party is considerable.One GOP consultant who clearly hails from…
The Right Coast
Senate leaders race to draft debt-limit bill after House effort collapses – The Washington Post
A campaign to persuade House Republicans to lift the federal debt limit collapsed in humiliating failure Tuesday, leaving Washington careering toward a critical deadline just two days away, with no…
The Right Coast
Review & Outlook: The Debt Denouement – WSJ.com
The Beltway budget melodrama rolls on to its predictable and dreary end, with both sides now split over increasingly small differences. None of this is worth a partial government shutdown,…
Crunched Credit
Budgets and Debt: The Cheshire Cat Apocalypse
By Rick Jones
Writing at the beginning of the week in which the government is supposed to run out of money, it's worth noting the cognitive dissidence between the political chattering classes who…
Capital Thinking
US District Judge Nominations for Andrea Wood & Madeline Haikala
Today, Monday, October 14, the Senate will convene at 2:00 pm, when Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to renew the motion to proceed to S. 1569 - A bill to ensure…
Capital Thinking
President Obama Meets Separately With Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, House Democrats and House Republicans
Legislative Activity This past week has seen the evolution of the federal government shutdown and the slow emergence of a potential framework for a deal. Late in the week, President…