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The debt ceiling exists for a reason. Asking people to evade or poke holes into it for special projects defeats the purpose of a debt ceiling.
The debt ceiling exists for a reason. Asking people to evade or poke holes into it for special projects defeats the purpose of a debt ceiling.
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"Discontinuing the expanded Child Tax Credit has plunged millions of families back into poverty and its anxieties."
"Discontinuing the expanded Child Tax Credit has plunged millions of families back into poverty and its anxieties."
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>"WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House _...Read More_
>"WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House _...Read More_
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>"WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7 percent spike from a year earlier that is pushing up household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and _...Read More_
>"WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7 percent spike from a year earlier that is pushing up household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and _...Read More_
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"The House approved the infrastructure bill as Democrats made progress on their broader social safety net and climate plan."
"The House approved the infrastructure bill as Democrats made progress on their broader social safety net and climate plan."
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"The big unanswered question at the heart of Democrats’ health care agenda."
"The big unanswered question at the heart of Democrats’ health care agenda."
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>"Legislation raises US government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn, as hard-fought vote passes entirely along party lines"
>"Legislation raises US government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn, as hard-fought vote passes entirely along party lines"
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"Congressional Democrats should stop trying to win a staring contest with Mitch McConnell over the debt limit, and pursue the (effective) abolition of the debt ceiling through the budget reconciliation process."
"Congressional Democrats should stop trying to win a staring contest with Mitch McConnell over the debt limit, and pursue the (effective) abolition of the debt ceiling through the budget reconciliation process."
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"We’ll give you the short version (because your time is valuable) and the long version (because you might have nothing better to do)."
"We’ll give you the short version (because your time is valuable) and the long version (because you might have nothing better to do)."
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>"Congressional Republicans are ruling out helping Democrats avoid the potential financial catastrophe."
>"Congressional Republicans are ruling out helping Democrats avoid the potential financial catastrophe."
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"The measure now heads to the Senate, setting up a clash with Republicans, who have warned they will block any debt ceiling increase."
"The measure now heads to the Senate, setting up a clash with Republicans, who have warned they will block any debt ceiling increase."
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>"It’s about climate change, public health, and economic development."
>"It’s about climate change, public health, and economic development."
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"Details of the legislation show higher taxes for companies and the wealthy, but key elements differ from the Senate and White House proposals."
"Details of the legislation show higher taxes for companies and the wealthy, but key elements differ from the Senate and White House proposals."
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Totally agree with this piece on why the tax and spending fights should have been decoupled from the outset and why stitching them together in the name of ‘fiscal responsibility’ “serves as a fiscal straitjacket tightening around the Biden _...Read More_
Totally agree with this piece on why the tax and spending fights should have been decoupled from the outset and why stitching them together in the name of ‘fiscal responsibility’ “serves as a fiscal straitjacket tightening around the Biden _...Read More_
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>"The $1 trillion infrastructure bill could change how cryptocurrency is taxed."
>"The $1 trillion infrastructure bill could change how cryptocurrency is taxed."