Sentences with phrase «debt ceiling fight»

Witness the Aug. 1 tribute that Republicans and Democrats, still raw from the debt ceiling fight, paid to Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as she returned to the House for the first time since an assassination attempt in January.
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.
The debt ceiling fight didn't lower the consumer confidence, the rising inflationary pressures food and gas, the european debt crisis, the housing market crashing into a depression and the fact the job market is horrible (not being helped here by dodd / frank or obamacare) is whats driving the confidence down.
The sequester allowed the Republican leadership to back out of the debt ceiling fight while backbenchers could posture that they had cut spending by $ 1.2 trillion in some to - be-determined way.
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.
Now, House Republicans barely have the energy to fight another debt ceiling fight.
The same thing happened over the 2011 debt ceiling fight.
Now, compare that to what Bachmann said during the government shutdown and debt ceiling fights last Fall:

Not exact matches

Foreign demand for Treasury debt is expected to stay strong this year, helped by a congressional agreement to avoid a fight over the U.S. debt ceiling until March 2015.
Republican House leaders were facing a losing public relations fight with the White House over the debt ceiling that would have gotten far worse if the government had begun to default on some if its obligations.
They'd come to urge the president to protect programs for the poor amid his fight with Congress over raising the nation's debt ceiling.
Of course, the big policy / political fight this week has been the budget / debt ceiling / government shutdown madness, including today's vote in the House to cut SNAP (food stamp) funding and Obamacare implementation.
So as you're gearing up for the next round of Hill fights (including those exciting sequels, «Return of the Avenging Sequester» and «The Debt Ceiling Rides Again!»)
During a Seante leadership news conference today in DC, Senator Chuck Schumer joked that the House Republicans have mellowed since their recent retreat to Williamsburg, Virginia, where the conference decided not to fight the White House over raising the debt ceiling.
Their progress reducing the 2011 federal budget by $ 100 billion and their determination to continue the fight as part of the debt ceiling increase have been some of the best things we have seen come out of Washington in the last 2 1/2 years.
The House is likely headed for some bitter fights over the budget and debt ceiling, procedural rules, and more.
Investors have been confronted with the European debt crisis, the fiscal cliff, debt - ceiling fights, fears about a double - dip recession, lackluster economic growth and a market correction.
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Both have said they want to move forward with tax reform before they go, and the fight over raising the federal debt ceiling, which is expected to be reached this fall, provides a possible trigger event for them and other lawmakers to come to agreement on big tax changes, said Birnbaum.
For example, a legislative fight over the debt ceiling and the delayed sequester will take place in February.
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