Debt limit deal a key moment for John BoehnerJohn BresnahanJake Sherman
As predicted, the deal on the debt limit is being forged in the middle. My first clue that a deal had been reached was a Twitter friend’s Sunday morning tweet that “the Republicans folded like a cheap card table again and basically got steamrolled.” Then I saw reports that progressive...
在职场和政界中,有一种常见的现象叫做glass ceiling(玻璃天花板),通常专指女性所遭遇到的一种无形的障碍,使她们不能晋升到管理的高层。 美国debt ceiling/debt limit(债务上限)早已于5月16日到顶,国会必须在8月2日前就提高债务上限达成一致,否则美国政府将面临default(违约)的风险。美国政府 将通过cut deficit/def...
When it comes to raising the roof on U.S. debt, there appears to be a rinse-and-repeat pattern in play. Since 1960, Congress has produced 79 separate measures to raise, extend or amend the debt limit, according to the Treasury Department's records. That's an average of more than one...
Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit is still a multi-decade challenge for US government Even with new spending restraints included in the congressional debt limit deal, the U.S. government’s deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decad...
limit on how much could be borrowed. It was unclear how this was all supposed to be reconciled, and how exactly items such as Social Security payments, soldier salaries, and sums owed creditors were all going to be paid this week. The clean answer would of course have been to raise the...
deal gets cut on funding the government, then that path would be trod again on the debt limit. If a series of short-term continuing resolutions fund the government without any deal, then I would look for similar short-term debt limit extensions, like we had in the 1980s. GAO cited that...
Rep. Nancy Mace, who said she’d oppose the debt limit deal, told CNN Republican messaging is not “an honest display of what the bill does.” “I read it multiple times. And I’m disappointed with the way that it’s been messaged, because I don’t think it’s been an honest di...
President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the tentative debt limit deal he reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy remarks from the White House Sunday evening. “That agreement now goes to the United States House and to the Senate. I strongly urge both, both chambers to pass that agreemen...
*The limit was waived for about 16 months, allowing $1.7 trillion in new debt. How it went down:The debt ceiling suspension was part of a closely held,last-minute budget dealRepublican congressional leaders struck with then-President Barack Obama, as much of Washington was distracted by then-...