Sentences with phrase «impasse over the debt ceiling»

The impasse over the debt ceiling continues.

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The Tea Party gets put on ice: The Republicans have just had a humiliating year, full of self - inflicted wounds and infighting over the government shutdown and debt ceiling impasse.

On Monday, the Dow finished down 4.6 percent, the biggest decline in percentage terms since August 2011, when investors were fretting over Europe's debt crisis and the debt ceiling impasse in Washington that prompted a U.S. credit rating downgrade.

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.

Ultimately, in an impasse, each side fears losing something: In disputes over Gun Control, it is losing more innocent lives vs. losing personal safety and protection; in disputes over Immigration Reform, it is losing talented people and necessary social contributions of immigrants vs. losing potential American jobs; in disputes over the Debt Ceiling / Fiscal Cliff, it is losing on - going social programs vs. losing tax money to excessive interest payments; and, in disputes over Certification for Mediators, it is losing quality control for consumers vs. losing personal / professional autonomy to future regulators.