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...
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After a criticaldeal to raise the nation's debt ceilingwas announced over the weekend, lawmakers in Washington now face less than a week to pass the bill in both the House and Senate before Monday's predicted deadline for when default would begin. Unless the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling limit was "do-able" by Sunday, the day President Joe Biden said he intended on holding a news conference on the issue. (Reporting by David Morgan; Wr...
I am hearing the “deal” is for a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit. IF that is true, I don’t need to hear anything else. No one claiming to be a conservative could justify a YES vote. — Congressman Bob Good (@RepBobGood)May 28, 2023 ...
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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 agreement...
What happens if these “extraordinary measures” are exhausted without a debt limit deal is unknown. A prolonged default could be devastating, with crashing markets and panic-driven layoffs if confidence evaporated in a cornerstone of the global economy, the U.S. Treasury note. HOW COMMON...