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Congress has raised the debt ceiling at least 100 times – under Democratic and Republican presidents
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 12 months agoA countdown of less than two weeks. Tension between Republicans and Democrats. A looming,...
White House says GOP debt ceiling plan would cause largest VA benefits cuts in US history
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepublican debt limit legislation would cut 81,000 Veterans Affairs jobs and result in 30 million...
Why debt ceiling deals often make America's debt problem worse
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 1 year agoDebt watchers have a warning about the debt ceiling talks to come: recent history is littered with...
FACT FOCUS: Who’s to blame for the national debt? It’s more complicated than one culprit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe U.S. is inching closer to a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on the...
Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating from top score after debt ceiling crisis
NBC Universal via AOL· 9 months agoFitch downgraded its credit rating for the U.S. government, from AAA to AA+, two months after the...
Debt ceiling deal passes House by wide margin, heads to Senate as June 5 default looms
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWASHINGTON − The House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to approve an agreement struck by President...
US Debt Ceiling Woes Continue – Opportunities and Risks for Investors
FX Empire via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPresident Biden is scheduled to meet with influential members of Congress on Tuesday to continue...
Why the Debt Ceiling Is Always Up for Debate
GoBankingRates via AOL· 1 year agoThe debt ceiling is an economic and political peculiarity that's almost exclusively unique to the United States. Poland has something similar, according...
GOP scores an early debt ceiling win: Biden vowed not to negotiate. And then he did.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWe’re less than a week from the June 1 deadline when the United States might not be able to meet its...
14th Amendment talk on debt limit viewed with extreme caution by Team Biden
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoPresident Biden and his team are approaching the prospect of a debt ceiling escape hatch that hinges...