Why Obama Has The Power To Raise The Debt Ceiling

How Obama Can Wield The Big Stick
US President Barack Obama delivers a statement late January 1, 2013 at the White House in Washington DC. Obama said he had fulfilled a campaign promise to make the US tax system fairer with a deal to avert the fiscal cliff crisis that passed after a fierce duel in Congress. AFP Photo/ Chris Kleponis (Photo credit should read CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama delivers a statement late January 1, 2013 at the White House in Washington DC. Obama said he had fulfilled a campaign promise to make the US tax system fairer with a deal to avert the fiscal cliff crisis that passed after a fierce duel in Congress. AFP Photo/ Chris Kleponis (Photo credit should read CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images)

With the fiscal cliff behind us, we now must look forward to yet another budgetary battle—over the debt ceiling, in a repeat of summer 2011.

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