Sentences with phrase «national debt ceiling»

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.

Walker, 64, has spoken frequently about the problems with the national debt ceiling, and he refers to himself as the Deficit Ranger for promoting fiscal responsibility and accountability.

They bicker about raising the national debt ceiling, while not altering our economic policy to create economic growth.

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

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Walden took interest in proposing legislation to ban the option because he thought the idea of minting a platinum coin to work around the debt ceiling was a particularly absurd idea that exemplified «the problem of people in Washington not understanding the reality» of the national debt.

They include extending government funding to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program, and raising the debt ceiling to avoid a disastrous federal default.

Many Democrats claim the plan — which includes both corporate and income tax reform — favors only the top earners, while fiscal conservatives worry the tax cuts could dig the U.S. deeper into deficit spending and add to the already - mountainous national debt, requiring another showdown over raising the debt ceiling.

It's like the GOP pretending to be worried about our national debt, knowing full well they were responsible for the record deficits under Reagan and Bush II, and gleefully raised the debt ceiling 13 times under the Former and 7 times under the latter.

When the ceiling is then reached, legislators rationally vote to increase the debt ceiling so that the national government doesn't go into default.

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.

Increases in the debt ceiling allow the Treasury to borrow more money and increase the national debt to a level higher than previously allowed by law.

We expect public sector net debt to hit the government's ceiling of 40 per cent of national income in 2009 - 10 and to rise to 41.2 per cent by 2012 - 13.

Bob Keefe of the National Resources Defense Council described it as an assault, «With Washington and the world focused on the debt ceiling drama, hard - right House Republicans have launched the biggest congressional assault on the environment in history, attacking our fundamental environmental and public health protections in order to appease Tea Party ideologues and big business donors.»

National Association of Realtors ® President Ron Phipps called on Congress to resolve the mounting debt ceiling crisis before the August 2 deadline.