Not exact matches
With a
deadline of Sept. 29 looming and Congress nearing their summer recess, the
debt ceiling is primed to be a big issue when they return.
The Fix's Amber Phillips explains the tight
deadlines Congress faces this fall, and how President Trump's shutdown threat over funding his border wall and his criticism
of the
debt ceiling «mess» threaten their agenda.
For all the talk
of change in Washington, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week in a familiar position: up against a series
of difficult
deadlines to keep the government open and raise the nation's
debt ceiling.
National Association
of Realtors ® President Ron Phipps called on Congress to resolve the mounting
debt ceiling crisis before the August 2
deadline.
This uncertainty includes the upcoming and repeated challenge
of raising the
debt ceiling (this
deadline was originally scheduled for early September, but got pushed out until December); enacting a federal government budget for fiscal year 2018 (the fiscal year began October 1st, but Congress extended last year's budget until December); and engaging in the first significant discussion
of tax reform in 30 years.