Debt Ceiling
  • Obama Uses Combative New Tone

    By Peter Wallsten and Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post

    President Obama belittled congressional Republicans for taking vacations amid difficult deficit-reduction talks. He contrasted lawmakers with his young daughters. And he brushed off criticism of his...

  • What Debt Limit? Plan B is the 14th Amendment

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    For more than I year, I have been warning about the danger of a debt default resulting from Congress’s failure to raise the debt limit in a timely manner. Now, we are getting close to the 11th hour...

  • Budget Talks Collapse over Demands to Raise Taxes

    By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal Times

    Bipartisan budget negotiations fell apart Thursday as two key Republicans involved in the Joe Biden-led deficit discussions pulled out over Democratic demands that tax increases be part of the deal.

  • Pataki Edges Closer to Running for President

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Former New York Governor George Pataki increasingly sounds like a candidate for the GOP Presidential nomination. In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with The Fiscal Times, Pataki made his...

  • Democrats Accuse GOP of Sabotaging the Economy

    By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal Times

    Biden's Gang of Seven has yet to emerge from their foxholes to face the opposition and find a compromise on the deficit. Their entrenchment does not bode well for raising the debt ceiling in time to...