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THE RESET: Treasury Secretary May Be Next Job Up
will leave that post by the end of the month, regardless of whether the president and Congress have reached a deal on the debt ceiling — the next potential economic crisis facing the government. Given the pace of recent negotiations, it's a safe bet that
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The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, January 8, 2012
expected to take her place. LINK DEBT - CEILING The New York Daily News' Kristen could let President Obama bypass debt - ceiling impasse " Could another standoff over the nation's debt ceiling be avoided with some loose change
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GOP Scoffs at Obama's "No-Negotiation" Vow on Debt
let Republicans threaten a national debt ceiling crisis as a way to extract deeper federal government shutdown, prompted by a debt - ceiling impasse, in the effort to force Obama they want in exchange for a hike in the debt ceiling , which will reach its limit in about
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Cabinet Shakeup: No Such Thing As A 'Slam Dunk' (The Note)
and Congress over Chuck Hagel, the debt ceiling and the sequester, a reminder that vocal on the looming battle to raise the debt ceiling ? It will be one to watch. http timkmak : When you think about the debt ceiling , remember it took the NHL 113 days
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Republican Party Seems as Divided, Angry as Ever
federal government reached its borrowing limit last week, so Congress has about two months or three months to raise the debt ceiling or risk a default on federal debt. Massive defense and domestic spending cuts are set to take effect in late February
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Column: In Washington, Compromise's Embers Flicker
GOP would stand firm on its demand for spending cuts during the next fiscal debate, this one over raising the nation's debt ceiling . That issue is among the many coming up that are likely to require bipartisan solutions: guns, immigration, Social Security
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The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, January 7, 2013
fight with Congress right on the heels of the fiscal cliff showdown and just before another likely battle royal over the debt ceiling . LINK TAX REVENUE The Hills' Mike Lillis: " Pelosi: More tax revenues must be part of next deficit deal " Pushing back
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No Movement: Lawmakers Dig in Heels on Debt Crisis
raises the legal borrowing limit, or debt ceiling . Economists warn that a default could Republicans say they are willing to raise the debt ceiling but insist any increase must be paired the GOP strategy will be to hold the debt ceiling "ransom" in exchange for spending
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Wall Street Cheers "Cliff" Deal, but Only for Now
strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, says investors would be wise to remain calm when the negotiations in Washington around the debt ceiling start to heat up this spring. The stock market dropped sharply in the weeks after the election Nov. 6 as investors worried
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Sen. Mitch McConnell: "The Tax Issue Is Finished"Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., Sunday said he will not accept any new revenue in future deals with congressional Democrats and President Obama. “The tax issue is finished. Over. Completed,” McConnell told me on “This Week.” “That’s behind us. Now the question is what...
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Talk of GOP Primaries Follows 'Fiscal Cliff' Vote
Jeanne Schmidt of Ohio and John Sullivan of Oklahoma lost in primaries last year, attacked in part for voting to raise the debt ceiling . ——— Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta and Alan Fram in Washington contributed
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Republican Party Seems as Divided, Angry as Ever
federal government reached its borrowing limit last week, so Congress has about two months or three months to raise the debt ceiling or risk a default on federal debt. Massive defense and domestic spending cuts are set to take effect in late February
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Talk of GOP Primaries Follows 'Fiscal Cliff' Vote
Jeanne Schmidt of Ohio and John Sullivan of Oklahoma lost in primaries last year, attacked in part for voting to raise the debt ceiling . ——— Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta and Alan Fram in Washington contributed
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Roundtable I: This Week in Politicsonly another fiscal cliff but also this debt ceiling . I mean I think that the showdown over the debt ceiling could be much, much worse than anything vacations that they do. Look at the debt ceiling . August 2011 is when they set the sequestration
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Panel: New Faces in Congressdebt first, but I hope that it's not a stalling tactic, and I wanted to say also with regard to the situation with the debt ceiling limit, the worst thing that we can do as a nation is create another self-inflicted wound the way we did last time. The
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Sen. Mitch McConnell on 'This Week'the president seem to like these last-minute deals, and we know these three issues are coming up, the sequester, the debt ceiling and the continuing resolution to operate the government. Why not sit down and not wait until the last minute to get these
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Rep. King: Democrats Scaring People to Raise Debt Ceilingwe're going to default America's not going to default. We're just trying to scare people into being stampeded into a debt ceiling increase. But we would hold our full faith and credit together regardless of president had decided to punish America by
default. We're just trying to scare people into being stampeded into a debt ceiling increase. But we would hold our full faith and credit together regardless of -- president had decided to punish America by refusing -
Roundtable I: This Week in Politicsback here in a couple of weeks for a debt ceiling . The republicans think they have more of defaulting because we've hit the debt ceiling . The president says he doesn't want republicans should not give in and raise the debt ceiling unless they got a big price. Take a
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Cliff Rescue: Walking Away From The Edgebeen talking about is of course the debt ceiling which we've just reached again. What the technically we have reached that debt ceiling . This week south we really cannot incur these spending cuts. So we've got debt ceiling . That's going to have to be dealt
several academic also looming hasn't been talking about is of course the debt ceiling which we've just reached again. What will happen if lawmakers don't strike a deal on the -- technically we have reached that debt ceiling . This week south we really cannot incur any more -- not one more dollar of debt at this point. So really the clock is ticking and as we said -- Sharon -- agreed we really treated at one clips were forklifts so. The clock is ticking they have to deal with these spending cuts. So we've got debt ceiling . That's going to have to be dealt with by the end of February march -- looking and no eight weeks. That weknow so much more work to do and then you have the debt ceiling looming over us the sequestration -- leader for two months. So we're going to be having this same conversation only more it -
Panel: Fiscal Cliff's Economic Impactbecause as your panel noted we have the debt ceiling coming up in february. I mean the counters in what happens in february when that debt ceiling comes up. And, leigh, have the markets past this fiscal cliff and address the debt ceiling , 2013 could actually be a good year
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