Budget Battles
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Harris Tries to Flip Trump’s Biggest Advantages
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US Economy Stronger Than Previously Thought
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Harris Slams Trump’s Economic Plans, Pledges to Grow the Middle Class
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Trump’s Tax Cut Wish List Tops $11 Trillion
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Harris Prepares a New Economic Pitch
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Republicans Defy Trump on Shutdown Threat
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Speaker Johnson Scrambles for Plan B to Avoid a Shutdown
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Here’s What Happens If Congress Fails to Raise the Debt Ceiling
By Michael RaineyWhat happens if Congress fails to raise the debt limit? A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center examines that question in detail, and the results aren’t pretty. Here are some highlights — or...
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Why Raising the Debt Ceiling Won’t Be a Problem This Year
By Rob GarverThe final wall of resistance to a “clean” increase of the federal debt ceiling, necessary to avoid a potentially catastrophic government default later this year, appears to have fallen, with White...
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Top GOP Conservative: We Won’t Play Around With the Debt Ceiling
By Rob GarverWhen it comes to the perennial fight to raise the federal debt ceiling, it’s usually best to assume that the struggle to give the Treasury Department clearance to actually pay the debts that the...
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Raise the Debt Ceiling Now, or Face Another Post-Summer Crisis: Meadows
By Eric PianinRep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, one of the most influential conservatives in the House, said Monday he favors quick action this summer to raise the debt ceiling, taking a stand on an issue that is...
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Here’s a Solution for the Annual Debt Ceiling Crisis: Get Rid of It
By Eric PianinWith another debt ceiling crisis looming that threatens a first-ever default by the Treasury and another government shutdown, there is a growing school of thought in the Senate that lawmakers should...
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The National Debt Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think
By Lawrence GoodmanThe U.S. debt situation is worse than commonly realized. Unaddressed, the surge in Treasury borrowing over the last 10 years represents an accident in the offing.
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Mulvaney’s Debt Ceiling Ploy Protects Treasurys, Not Social Security Checks
By Rob GarverThe Trump administration appears to be considering a plan to pay some government debts but not others if the debt ceiling isn’t raised on time. It’s a plan economists and financial markets experts...
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White House’s Debt Ceiling Battle Could Trigger a Shutdown — and a Recession
By Eric PianinAt a time when worldwide confidence in the U.S. has already been badly shaken by President Trump’s go-it-alone, “America First” approach to trade, NATO and climate change, a White House riven by...
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New Debt Ceiling Deadline Could Ruin Lawmakers' Summer Vacations
By Rob GarverThe federal debt limit, previously thought to be an issue that could be postponed to the fall, may need to be raised prior to the August recess, complicating the lives of top Republicans in Congress.
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The Great Risk Shift Is Back
By Mark ThomaThe vote in the House of Representatives to dismantle Obamacare was not the only attempt to undo key legislation from the Obama years that occurred last Thursday.
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Senate Negotiation on Shutdown Ends in Stalemate
By PAUL KANE and LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington PostSenate leaders began negotiations Saturday aimed at reopening federal agencies and avoiding a government default after every other effort to end Congress’s impasse crumbled in the previous 48 hours...
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No Deal Yet: Obama Rejected the GOP's 6-week Proposal
By LORI MONTGOMERY and ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN and WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington PostPresident Obama is rejecting a key element of House Republicans’ latest proposal to extend the federal debt ceiling, opposing a linkage between a short-term increase and negotiations on the budget,...
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Down to the Wire: Will There Be a Deal This Weekend?
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesThe state of the government shutdown (and possible default) is in limbo, as pessimism began to give way on Friday to that rare combination of hope and uncertainty . After weeks of a tense showdown,...
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Relief from Debt Ceiling Disaster Doesn’t Mean a Deal
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesHouse Speaker John Boehner proved that he sincerely intends to avoid a government default, floating a plan Thursday to extend the debt ceiling for six weeks. It’s a positive sign that the economic...
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Get Ready for An 8-Year Partial Government Shutdown
By Eric Pianin and Brianna EhleyNot long ago, the nation was transfixed by $85 billion of looming, across the board cuts in federal spending that President Obama and many others predicted would tank the economy, undermine defense...