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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...
A Shaky U.S. Bond Market Raises The Risks For Another Debt Limit Showdown
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLawmakers in Washington were set Wednesday to create a clash in 2023 over the government’s ability...
'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...
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...
Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating from top score after debt ceiling crisis
NBC News via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoFitch downgraded its credit rating for the U.S. government, from AAA to AA+, two months after the...
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...
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...
US risks default as soon as July, will add $19 trillion to national debt, agency estimates
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. risks defaulting on its debts as early as July unless the borrowing limit is raised, the...
U.S. grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion 20 years later
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom an empowered Iran and eroded U.S. influence to the cost of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq and...
Congress has raised the debt ceiling at least 100 times – under Democratic and Republican presidents
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoA countdown of less than two weeks. Tension between Republicans and Democrats. A looming,...