Debt Ceiling
  • Four Lessons from the GOP Shutdown Wars

    After weeks of extended brinksmanship over the debt ceiling and Obamacare and fifteen days of partial government shutdown, the smoke may be clearing. Congress appears ready to pass a bipartisan bill...

  • 8 Sweeteners That Sealed the Shutdown Deal

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Whenever Congress takes up major legislation, lawmakers just can’t resist tossing in scores of extra ‘sweeteners’ to help their states or allies. That was certainly the case Wednesday night, when the...

  • Sequester: The Next Big Battle for Congress

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) explained his major budget goal on Wednesday: Continue to cut government spending. In announcing a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and raise the...

  • Cruz Finally Blinks as Senate Debt Plan Moves Ahead

    With the day of reckoning upon us, Congress now appears on track to approve a bipartisan compromise today that would end the two-week old government shutdown and avert a first-ever default on U.S...

  • Tea Party Finally Trusts Boehner

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) finally seems to have gained the trust of Tea Party conservatives . All it took was a government shutdown and threat of default threat in a botched attempt to stop...