Debt Talks

Joe Biden: Eric Cantor Told Me, 'I'll Lose My Position' If I Cut A Debt Deal With You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden trashed congressional Republican leaders on Monday night for their failure to deliver on a debt deal last summe...

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Boehner: 'Some Of The Dumbest' People In America Are Members Of Congress

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 03.11.2012

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Great news, America! Some of the dumbest people in the country are leading your nation, according to Speaker of the House John Boehner. "We got so...

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Stocks Plunge As Debt Talks Remained Stalled

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT and DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 01.21.2012

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NEW YORK — The stock market was not exactly surprised that a so-called supercommittee in Congress failed to reach a deal to cut the federal budg...

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GOP Economic Policies Under Heavy Fire

nytimes.com | Posted 10.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The boasts of Congressional Republicans about their cost-cutting victories are ringing hollow to some well-known economists, financial a...

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Congress Leave Aviation Workers Without Paychecks

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The failure of Congress to authorize a budget for the Federal Aviation Administration has put some 4,000 agency employees and tens of th...

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Debt Deal Nails Defense Budget

AOL Defense | Posted 10.01.2011

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Few things seem certain at this point from the budget deal struck yesterday. One point that three Hill sources agree on is that the Defense Department...

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Debt Ceiling Deal Paves Way For Potentially Historic Lobbying Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The super committee established under the still-to-be-passed debt ceiling deal has been granted immense powers to make its recommendatio...

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Wall Street CEOs Warn 'Very Grave' Consequences Of Default

Reuters | Posted 09.27.2011

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Chief executives from the nation's largest financial firms Thursday pressured the White House and Congress to reach a deal on the debt ceiling and def...

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Failure To Raise U.S. Debt Limit 'Very Serious' For Global Economy, IMF Chief Says

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 09.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The impact of a failure to raise the U.S. borrowing limit could extend beyond America's borders and damage the global economy, the chief...

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Super Congress Moves Forward Despite Tea Party Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A powerful coalition that includes Tea Party members of Congress rejected a debt ceiling offer from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) ...

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McConnell-Reid Debt Deal Close To Being Scrapped, Larger Package In Reach

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- The fail-safe debt ceiling plan crafted by the Senate's top two leaders, Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is close to be...

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Bill Clinton Backs 14th Amendment Option

The National Memo | Joe Conason | Posted 09.17.2011

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Former President Bill Clinton says that he would invoke the so-called constitutional option to raise the nation’s debt ceiling “without hesitation...

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Time for Congress to End Big Oil Subsidies

Carl Gibson | Posted 09.14.2011

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At a time Republicans are holding the debt ceiling hostage, why hasn't Congress voted to stop wastefully subsidizing these tax-dodging oil companies?

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White House: Cantor Should Be In Debt Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House spokesman Jay Carney signaled Thursday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is still a welcome participant in debt...

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Wall Street Warns Congress: The Economy Post-Default Is A Man Post-'Suicide'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

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UPDATE -- 5:50 p.m.: By the end of Wednesday, the market seemed fully aware of the debt ceiling debate. U.S. stock-index futures fell after Moody's In...

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Mitch McConnell: 'I Refuse To Help Obama Reelection'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under siege from conservatives over his opt-out proposal for the debt ceiling debate, de...

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The Debt Ceiling: Simplify the Process; Solve the Problem

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 09.12.2011

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Agree to raise the debt limit. Period. Disagreeable as it may be for some, this necessary step should not be held hostage by budget negotiations around spending and budget balancing.

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McConnell Offers Debt Ceiling Out, But Obama Keeps Focus On Deficit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There were no real signs of progress in Tuesday's White House debt talks. But the meeting did shed light on two evolving dynamics taking...

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Treasury Officials Weighing Options To Avoid Default

Reuters | Richard Cowan, Rachelle Younglai, Tim Reid and Caren Bohan | Posted 09.05.2011

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By Richard Cowan, Rachelle Younglai, Tim Reid and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small team of U.S. Treasury officials is discussing opti...

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Obama Offers Social Security Cuts In Debt Negotiations

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 09.05.2011

President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to...

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Sessions Warns Of Crisis If Debt Deal Fails

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House or Senate might reject a final proposal for raising the debt ceiling if the plan does not make sufficient cuts, Sen. Jeff Sess...

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Dems Suggest GOP's Budget Stand Is Nutty And Dangerous

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats think they have a winning strategy in the deadlocked debt debate: casting Republicans as single-minded lunatics who will prote...

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'Slash And Burn': Chuck Schumer Accuses Republicans Of Sabotaging The Economy To Hurt Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans may be slowing the recovery on purpose to hurt President Obama's reelection chances in 2012, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer s...

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A Debt Ceiling Deal Is Only The Beginning

National Journal | Posted 08.23.2011

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A debt-ceiling deal would be the start, not the end, of an uphill climb to control federal entitlement spending....

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Budget Gimmicks Threaten To Undermine Debt Talks

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON — Negotiators seeking to carve trillions of dollars from the deficit are facing temptation to use iffy assumptions and outright gimmi...

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