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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· 1 year 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· 10 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· 12 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...