Tag: Debt Ceiling

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi says House GOP ‘taking food out of the mouths of babies’ with farm bill

Charlie Spiering · September 19, 2013 12:00 am

Rick Perry says he wouldn’t increase the debt limit

Rick Perry says he wouldn’t increase the debt limit

Rebecca Berg · September 18, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, in Washington. Obama, facing a budget showdown with Congress, is pushing his economic agenda to some of the nation's top corporate executives today while cautioning Republicans not to precipitate a government shutdown or an unprecedented debt default. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: GOP using debt limit to ‘extort’ me over budget

Brian Hughes · September 18, 2013 4:00 am

White House: GOP caught in ‘all-out civil war’

Brian Hughes · September 18, 2013 12:00 am

GOP headed to Friday vote on short-term deal to fund government and strip money for health care law

GOP headed to Friday vote on short-term deal to fund government and strip money for health care law

Susan Ferrechio · September 18, 2013 12:00 am

New study warns of US long-term debt problems

New study warns of US long-term debt problems

Andrew Taylor · September 17, 2013 1:41 pm

"I'm anxious. I'm cautious and anxious," Jack Lew told an audience at the Economic Club of Washington when asked to describe his feelings for buyers of Treasury bills about the looming showdown with Republicans and the possibility that it wouldn't be resolved in time to prevent a government default. (AP Photo)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew ‘cautious and anxious’ about a debt default

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2013 4:00 am

Tea Party activists have come to see as their adversaries not only Republicans who support increasing the role for the federal government, but anybody who disagrees with their strategy for shrinking government.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Tea Party confuses tactical, ideological disagreements

Philip Klein · September 17, 2013 12:00 am

Washington Secrets

Team Boehner dismisses rumor he’ll quit after debt-budget deal

Paul Bedard · September 17, 2013 12:00 am

"It's a shame that the president could not manage to rise above partisanship today," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement responding to a speech President Obama made on the upcoming spending and debt battles.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With mass shooting just miles away, Democrats and Republicans keep up the political jabs on Capitol Hill

Susan Ferrechio · September 16, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington, about the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: GOP ‘willing to tank’ economy

Brian Hughes · September 16, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama yesterday accepted former-National Economic Council Director Larry Summers decision to withdraw his name for consideration to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: What will Obama cave on next?

Conn Carroll · September 16, 2013 4:00 am