debt limit

Sen. Portman: 'Greatest Act of Bipartisanship...has Been Republicans and Democrats Alike Overpromising and Overspending'

Eric Scheiner | October 14, 2013

Sen. Hatch to Lew: Administration's Position on Debt Limit 'Not True,' 'Simply False'

Eric Scheiner | October 10, 2013

Lew: 'Since May We've Been Creating Some Room to Borrow by Using...Extraordinary Measures'

Eric Scheiner | October 7, 2013

Boehner: 'I Told the President, there is no Way We're Going to Pass' a Clean Debt Limit Increase

Eric Scheiner | October 7, 2013

Obama Repeats: 'There Will be no Negotiations Over' Debt Limit

Eric Scheiner | October 4, 2013

Majority Whip McCarthy to Obama: 'Call Again, but this Time Don't Call to Say You Won't Talk'

Eric Scheiner | September 26, 2013

Boehner on Obama's Refusal to Negotiate: 'It Doesn't Work that Way'

Eric Scheiner | September 26, 2013

Coburn: Not a 'Smart Strategy' to Shut Down Gov't for Obamacare

melanie.hunter | August 23, 2013

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Thursday it would not be "smart" to shut down the government over Obamacare, but it would make sense to do it over the…

Debt Limit: A Guide to the Federal Debt Made Easy

danjoseph | January 11, 2012

A quick example of what would happen if an individual tried to do what the federal government does several times a year.

Dem Congressmen Call for Unlimited Federal Debt; Say Debt Limit is 'Danger' to Country

Joe Schoffstall | September 15, 2011

A trio of House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill to eliminate the debt ceiling so that the Treasury Department would be able to borrow money…

Dem Rep. Pete Stark on the Debt Limit: "I think it's a political charade...Democrats have done that in the past, threatened to shut down the government"

Joe Schoffstall | July 25, 2011

At a townhall meeting on July 23, 2011, Rep Pete Stark said that he believes the debt limit is a 'political charade'. Stark says, "You've heard a lot…