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PublishedJanuary 28, 2023
Editorial: If Kevin McCarthy is serious about protecting the economy, he’d raise the debt ceiling
There’s no justifying brinkmanship in 2023, when policymakers are striving to head off a recession.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Commentary: What Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Black Card’ can teach lawmakers about the debt limit
In the end, neither the Sultan of Brunei, nor Seinfeld, nor American politicians should be given a limitless line of credit.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Fact-check: McCarthy puts a spin on spending math to justify debt limit fight
McCarthy suggests that the Republican-controlled Congresses never increased spending at all. That's false.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
U.S. Treasury buys time for Biden and Republicans on debt limit deal
The Treasury Department says it has started taking 'extraordinary measures' as the government has run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
McCarthy concessions raise stakes on budget, debt limit
By increasing the difficulty of a bipartisan agreement on spending, it could raise the risk of a market-rattling battle over the debt limit and a partial government shutdown later this year.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Jim Fossel: The national debt is getting spookier
We always spend freely when a crisis comes along, and we never tighten our belts when it’s over.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2022
Another View: Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling before America hits the fiscal brink
The debt ceiling has routinely been raised over the years, a process that used to be uncontroversial. In today’s deeply divided Congress, that has changed.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2021
Commentary: One cheer for another ugly debt-limit deal
The good news: Congress has avoided default. The bad news: Its stupidest law survives.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2021
House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
The relief is temporary as Congress will have to revisit the issue in December.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2021
Congress foresees short-term debt fix amid perilous standoff
Buying time until December will allow Republicans to avoid the blame they would have gotten from some quarters for blocking a vote on a longer extension.
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