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By Gordon D. Giffin In the weeks leading up to the traditional August Congressional recess, the drama that played out in Washington over whether and how to raise the statutory federal debt ceiling at times reached crisis (if not comedic) proportions.

Not exact matches

We've seen that before: The bill that averted a debt - ceiling crisis earlier this year — by temporarily suspending the borrowing limit — would have frozen Congressional pay if the House or Senate had failed to pass a budget by April 15 (lawmakers would have received their salaries anyway at the end of the current legislature).

Irish betting site Paddy Power is now listing the odds of the U.S. lifting its debt - ceiling at 1/5 ($ 1.20 return for $ 1 stake) and the odds of default at 3/1 ($ 4 for $ 1 stake).

At the end of the day, though, the biggest threat to Canada might likely come not from financial markets, but from what a debt ceiling breach would do to U.S. consumer and business confidence and thus the pace of growth south of the border.

In the category of «Well, that... didn't... work out,» leading Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz, who has been at the forefront of the shutdown and debt ceiling offensive, commissioned a poll.

OPEN Forum looks at the national debt ceiling crisis through the lens of small business.

While a temporary compromise over the country's debt ceiling pushed that deadline back to at least August, the sequester — sweeping automatic spending cuts mandated by cliff legislation — could kick in as soon as March 1.

«The uncertainty that has contributed to our slow recovery is clearly still present — making any advances shaky at best,» said Dunkelberg, pointing specifically to ObamaCare and the debt - ceiling issue.

Further, according to BofA - Merrill's analyst team at a midyear press conference on Wednesday in New York, any positive budgetary effect of the tax increases would be overshadowed by the growing burden of the U.S. debt ceiling as spending and hiring decisions are put on hold and the election heightens partisanship.

The irony is that the US has hit its debt ceiling and the US Federal Reserve will end its bond purchases at June - end: both factors that should be pushing yields higher.

On the debt ceiling, I believe that the Treasury, with extraordinary measures, will have enough wiggle room to fund the government at least through February.

At the time, 90 House Republicans and 17 Senate Republicans voted against the package — citing the deficit, and that the relief aid was tied to the debt ceiling and continuing resolution proposal.

And economists at Standard Chartered in New York wrote in a note e-mailed after the midnight deadline that although they expected an 11th - hour resolution to allow the debt ceiling to be raised on time by Oct. 17, political brinkmanship was likely to last until the last minute.

If the Republicans, who are holding out for concessions on the health care law — the Affordable Care Act — in exchange for a budget vote, back down or are blamed for a shutdown, they would have even less ability to push their wishes by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, analysts at DBS in Singapore wrote Tuesday.

To get the votes to extend the debt ceiling, the Democrats will insist on keeping the income and payroll tax cuts for the 99 % and the Republicans will want to keep the capital gains rate at 15 % so the Wall Street speculators will not be inconvenienced.

TGR: Going back to the triple - witching hour at year - end, if the debt ceiling is raised again, when do we start to see government layoffs and limitations on services?

Any of these factors, on top of a possible government shutdown at the end of September when the debt ceiling will likely be raised again, could send gold soaring well into the $ 1,300 range.

Mohamed El - Erian, the chief economist at the investment firm Pimco, said he believed lawmakers would reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default on the country's debt, but that the nation's rating would remain vulnerable.

The stock market has not been at least 10 % below its peak since 2011, when a crisis spurred by Congress» inability to come to a compromise on the federal debt ceiling caused a plunge of over 10 %.

Within 48 hours the president had signed into law a bill that provides $ 15 billion in hurricane funding, a bill that delays the potential government shut down at the end of this month to December 8th and a bill that pushes the debt ceiling fight which is perhaps the most market moving event that comes out of Washington off until sometime in 2018.

At a time when each political party is trying to blame the debt - ceiling debacle on the other, MoveOn's seizing and spreading of the «Tea Party Downgrade» meme might just cut through the clutter and catch on.

The debt ceiling is similar, but different in that one key way: on the debt ceiling, while the Republicans have similar problems getting votes from both sides of their party at the same time, passing nothing is not an option.

Toward the end of a Dave Weigel piece in Slate on Michele Bachmann's current campaign speech (you'll be shocked to hear that she says she was right to vote against a debt ceiling - increase), we get a quick look at one way tablet computers can play into modern field organizing: The...

However, at that same news conference, Cuomo was not exactly effusive in his praise of Obama's handling of the debt ceiling debate in Washington.

As the political parties assess the shutdown / debt ceiling fight and its effects on the political landscape, a lot of Democrats are perking up at the possibility that Republican congressmembers who looked unbeatable a month ago might be more vulnerable than they appeared.

This means that we will be at the debt ceiling (at least $ 17.1 trillion) once it is reinstated.

So, to recap: The congresswoman is seeking more spending by the federal government here in New York to help with the post-Irene recovery — a move that would, if she and Cantor had their way, require additional cuts at a time when Washington is already polarized over reductions mandated by the debt ceiling deal passed early this month.

The spectacle of the debt ceiling debate in Washington did little to improve the national economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a bill singing ceremony this afternoon.

Higgins said that it's important at this point that Trump is reaching out to Democrats — just as he did on a debt ceiling and budget deal the president struck with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D - N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif.

Now, bend over Chevy Volt sales triple in 2012 Something tells me we paid for these as well Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder Obviously, the left preferred a different outcome Obama hints at big debt - ceiling brawl, but can he win this one?

«There is a strong possibility, if [Senate Democrats] were willing to sit down and listen to us, that we would put a package together and solve the problems at once: stop the government shutdown and deal with the debt ceiling,» Rep. Michael Grimm said on CNN's «New Day.»

[S] ome GOP lawmakers were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling... The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.»

The New York Times, whose articles often reflect Obama Administration thinking, has run at least two stories suggesting that the 14th Amendment allows the president to raise the debt ceiling on his own.

Pell Grants, at risk in the ongoing debt - ceiling negotiations, figured prominently in the conversation.

President Obama's administration is pushing to raise the nation's debt limit an additional $ 2 trillion, which currently stands at $ 14.3 trillion and issued dire warnings from business leaders that failing to OK the increase will lead to inflation, an immediate doubling of «Interest Rates» and a killer «Wall Street Crash» — House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio, says the GOP will demand trillions in spending cuts before considering an increase in the debt ceiling.

Yes, I think a lot of people forget about bonds being defaulted on — yet it is in the news everyday with the crises in Europe and the debt ceiling crisis at home.

The current debt ceiling is at $ 14.294 trillion.

Congress and the President are at loggerheads re the debt ceiling and stock prices fall.

Analysts at First Data Corporation say that consumers began spending significantly more toward the end of the month, after the U.S. government was reopened and the impasse over the federal debt ceiling was temporarily resolved.

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Some real estate professionals also point to lawmakers» indecision on the national debt ceiling the last few weeks and an increase in short sales - related cancellations due to buyer frustration at the lengthy process or banks not approving the short sales.