Posts Tagged ‘debt limit’
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Deadlines
Posted on July 13, 2015
We are a world that needs self-imposed deadlines to make things happen. A deadline used to be critical for the newspaper business. If you didn’t file your copy by a...
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The Obama Downgrade
Posted on August 8, 2011
Democratic spinmeisters have concocted a nice little phrase to describe the actions of the Standard and Poor’s Ratings Agency, which was used to little effect over the weekend: The Tea...
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The Tea Party Takes It on the Chin
Posted on August 2, 2011
John Boehner won a complete and total victory in the House with an overwhelming vote to extend the debt limit. His victory was so complete, many of his closest allies...
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Where’s Nancy?
Posted on July 18, 2011
The media loves to spend time speculating about how John Boehner and Eric Cantor are going to round up the votes to pass President Obama’s debt limit legislation. But they...
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The McConnell Gambit
Posted on July 13, 2011
So what exactly is Mitch McConnell up to? McConnell offered a solution to the debt limit imbroglio that has been described as cynical, stupid, worthless, traitorous and worse. It may...
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