debt ceiling
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The Bipartisan Agreement to Kick the Can
Republicans did pull out some wins in the debt ceiling agreement, but the fundamental problem remains.
McCarthy Is Winning the Debt-Ceiling Standoff
By coming to the table with a reasonable offer and forcing Joe Biden to meet, the Republican speaker has quietly taken control of the debate.
In Brief: Chuck Schumer’s Debt Default
Senate Democrats are missing in action as the debt ceiling nears.
McCarthy Takes the Debt Fight to Biden
By keeping his caucus together and passing a reasonable debt ceiling bill, the House speaker put the onus on our non-negotiating president.
KJP and the ‘L’ Word
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre marked Lesbian Visibility Week with a mendacious mélange of mistruths about the GOP’s debt ceiling proposal.
Joe Biden’s Welfare Plantation
We never thought we’d fondly remember the presidency of Bill Clinton...
Biden the Inflationary Budget Buster
We all pay 14.4% more for stuff than when Scranton Joe took office, and it’s largely thanks to his spending.
SOTU: Old Man Yells Lies at Cloud
Joe Biden’s mendacity knows no bounds, as he showed once again in his State of the Union Address.
Spinning Inflation and the Debt That Caused It
While Janet Yellen warns of dire consequences for breaching the debt ceiling, Joe Biden tells us his inflation work gives us “breathing room.”
Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling
Threatening existential crisis every now and then benefits only Democrats who want to spend more.
Did McConnell Get Rolled by Schumer?
Unless the Senate minority leader has a grand strategy that no one else is aware of, he inexplicably caved on the debt limit.
‘Fiscal Insanity’ Is the Democrat Way
All the same, the standoff between Democrat factions is rather amusing.
Just Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling?
Trump sides with Democrats again, effectively saying that the spending limit has done little to limit spending.
The Bucks Don’t Stop With the Debt Ceiling
When Congress returns on April 25, they’ll have just four days to prevent a government shutdown over debt.
Budgeting in Wonderland
One need not be intricately familiar with the tale of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to appreciate that the federal budget process has similarly become an alternate reality replete with sketchy characters, peril and the absurd. In the latest trip down the Beltway rabbit hole, a Republican-led Congress relied on Democratic votes to produce a two-year budget agreement that removed the limit on Uncle Sam’s credit card and increased spending now in exchange for offsetting spending cuts and revenue increases that will mostly occur 10 years from now. Well, that’s if future Congresses stick to the offsets.