Sentences with phrase «debt ceiling issue»

That was almost 30 days ago, and we still haven't resolved the debt ceiling issue.

Due to the Federal Government shutdown in Washington, DC along with the debt ceiling issue looming, the U.S. dollar has fallen -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

«Providing aid in the wake of Harvey and raising the debt ceiling are both important issues, and Democrats want to work to do both,» they said.

They want the government to make decisions on a variety of issues, including the debt ceiling, spending and taxes.

What Walden is suggesting is not quite the issue — Nadler and others in the media have proposed issuing the coin to continue paying the nation's bills in the case that the debt ceiling is not raised.

«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.

The Fed is expected to continue raising rates, while Congress needs to wrestle with big - ticket issues such as tax reform, the debt ceiling, and the federal budget.

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.

But Meadows, who leads a group of hard - liners that has frequently frustrated House Republican leaders, said attaching Harvey aid to a debt - ceiling increase would be a «terrible idea» that would be «conflating two very different issues.»

Kleintop added that he travels across the country and meets with LPL's 17,000 affiliated advisors, who are all reading the news and paying attention to issues such as the debt ceiling and the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE) program.

The stalemate in the US Congress will be tested again in the coming weeks when the issue of the debt ceiling is discussed and deficit reduction and spending cuts («sequestration») again top the agenda.

Of course the irony is that the current debt ceiling debate does not address any of the very important longer term fiscal issues that face the US such as Medicare funding and other booming social costs that lay ahead — these issues are not even on the table.

With big - ticket items such as the debt ceiling in question, other legislative issues that would ordinarily receive considerable attention have gone almost unnoticed.

When the debt ceiling is reached, the Treasury will not be able to issue more debt to borrow new funds from the public.

or else raise the debt ceiling for a lot longer, until after the 2018 elections (denying Democrats the tool for a long time, eliminating the debt ceiling as an issue during the 2018 campaign, and allowing Congress to deal with it the next time fresh off an election and relatively safe from concerns about the following election in 2020).

A debt ceiling means the treasury can't borrow more money by way of issuing new bonds (see below for some history).

So when people say a debt ceiling doesn't exist this side of February 7th 2014, they are referring to the fact the treasury can issue more bonds to remain cash - flow solvent.

Moody's issued its warning in response to the political brinksmanship being played in Washington over raising the country's debt ceiling.

In addition to the issues of the debt ceiling and the deficit, how would you generally sum up your campaign platform?

During the most recent debt ceiling raise in late - 2011, it became an issue.

The humanitarian crisis in Texas and Louisiana due to Hurricane Harvey has the potential to make it easier for Congress to address two contentious issues: raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government running.

The three discussed raising the debt ceiling, an issue that almost led to a government shutdown.

Our recent blog post «What's up with Obama's Debt Ceiling Offer» provides some insight into this issue.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nevada, said in a statement issued Sunday that he signed off on a debt ceiling agreement reached with President Barack Obama and Republican leaders, pending approval from his Senate Democratic caucus.

[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.»

In that role, she reported on topics spanning the business world from covering the debt downgrade and debt ceiling crisis to the latest in policy debates, legal issues, and technology trends.

January 31, 2014 • Consensus might be hard on the issues of the debt ceiling and immigration, where the Tea Party wing has little in common with Speaker John Boehner and his allies in the House leadership.

He can issue an executive order raising the debt ceiling — despite the fact that no president previously has ever dared to do just that.

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.

Each half of that equation has been each parties argument in the debt ceiling debate: Republicans don't want to vote on the debt ceiling unless it includes spending cuts, and Democrats don't want to discuss the issue unless there are tax increases.

Meanwhile, the U.S. government remains divided on key issues across the board — from the contentious vote to raise the debt ceiling to current debates on how to reduce the $ 14.94 trillion federal debt and cut deficits projected to be more than $ 1 trillion annually.

Practitioner confidence in the strength of the housing market sank in June, likely reflecting the slowing economy and buyer hesitancy while lawmakers in Congress debated the highly charged issue of raising the federal debt ceiling.