Not exact matches
Among other events, there's a threat of more skirmishes
over the
debt ceiling and another government
shutdown.
Last week, I wrote that the upcoming Kabuki theatre in Congress,
over a possible government
shutdown and the
debt ceiling, might convince the Federal Reserve to postpone the QE tapering past its next rate - setting meeting in mid-September.
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.
The Republican - led Congress has struggled immensely
over the past eight months, and the party now faces further division as they return and urgently need to raise the
debt ceiling to avoid a government
shutdown, pass an aid package for Hurricane Harvey — some of which is expected to be tied to the raise of the
debt ceiling — and now reach a decision on DACA.
On Sept. 5 of this year, the Dow dropped 234 points amid a series of potentially volatile political events, including the debate
over raising the
debt ceiling, a possible government
shutdown, and threats from Trump
over trade policy with China.
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.
Unless both houses can find a compromise by Sep. 30th, disagreement
over the
debt ceiling and Affordable Care Act could bring the government to a
shutdown.
Sitting in my San Francisco office last month watching the squabbling
over the sequester, the
shutdown, Obamacare and the
debt ceiling, it was easy to overlook how it might affect my own and other Main Street businesses.
By Elizabeth McGinnis Sitting in my San Francisco office last month watching the squabbling
over the sequester, the
shutdown, Obamacare and the
debt ceiling, it was easy to overlook how -LSB-...]