Trump sets ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi to permanently remove the debt ceiling
President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) have agreed to pursue a deal that would permanently remove the requirement that Congress repeatedly raise the debt ceiling, three sources told More...
Government shutdown: Congress battles ‘Cromnibus,’ debt crisis as new deadline looms
Congress is struggling to pass a massive spending package with less than 12 hours to go before a potential government shutdown. In a sign of just how tough Thursday would be, House Speaker John Boehner had a hard More...
Ted Cruz loses battle over debt ceiling conditions, 12 Republicans join Dems to increase borrowing
Congress passes an increase to the country’s debt limit through March 2015, which will allow federal borrowing without any conditions after a dramatic shift in voting Wednesday. Republican Ted Cruz pressed More...
Florida governor candidate Adrian Wyllie departs from ‘Fix the Debt’ saying it’s about ‘political cover’
The Florida ‘Fix the Debt’ chapter was a group organizing leaders from all political parties to devise and enact “solutions to fix the debt.” Adrian Wyllie gaining ground in the Florida race for governor? More...
Obama won’t deal, House takes a break as the Senate leaders talk
Republican leadership told the Republican caucus during a Saturday morning meeting that the president will not accept their proposal to raise the debt limit for six weeks. photo donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com House More...
Harry Reid calls Ted Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’ over budget battle
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor. The two senators battled as Cruz rose to object to Reid’s More...
Senator Rand Paul responds to President Obama on the debt ceiling, gun control
donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress President Obama’s statements today on the debt ceiling and the use of an executive order to plow controversial gun control without Congressional approval drew some sharp More...
More hypocrisy: the raising of the federal debt ceiling
Two weeks ago when the Congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling another $1.9 trillion dollars all I could do is shake my head. Yes, Mr Obama and the current Congress is way out of control and heading in the direction More...
