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How a 'lesson of 2011' shaped Biden's no-negotiation stance on debt limit
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — In 2011, after faltering debt limit negotiations with House Republicans brought the...
'I'm much more scared now': Veterans of 2011 debt ceiling crisis say this year's fight is different
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepublicans in Congress clashed with Democratic President Barack Obama in 2011, ultimately reaching...
Yellen tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its...
Biden and Republicans seem set for debt ceiling fight, reviving fraught political battles of years...
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnother spending fight looms between the White House and Congress, reviving similar stalemates in...
Jamie Dimon, who said the $34 trillion national debt was pushing U.S. off a ‘cliff,’ insists it’s...
Fortune via AOL· 2 months agoJamie Dimon’s annual shareholder letter came out on Monday, and its 61 pages are full of ideas that...
Social Media Posts Rely on Inaccurate Numbers to Compare Presidential Spending
The Dispatch via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoFormer U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on September 7,...
How DC Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Deficit
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPresident Joe Biden (right) meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House on May 22. As...
Republicans Could Use Debt Limit To Force Social Security Cuts
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON — If Republicans win control of the U.S. House of Representatives next month, they could...
US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode America’s political and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA U.S. debt default would mangle the dollar's international reputation. photovideostock/Getty...
Fitch warns it could still cut U.S. debt rating even after deal
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile the deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending are “positive considerations,” Fitch said...