Debt Ceiling
  • Debt Limit: As America Loses, 3 ‘Winners’ Emerge

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

    The country, the world economy, your stock portfolio, your job security, your mortgage application, your Social Security application, and—heck—almost anything touched in some way by the federal...

  • The Loophole That Could Blunt a Debt Limit Debacle

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    Current funding for the federal government expires at midnight on Monday. If Congress fails to act, an 1884 law, the Anti-deficiency Act , requires the government to shut down except for essential...

  • 13 Ways a Government Shutdown Could Affect You

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    As the clock ticks toward a possible government shutdown early next week, many are wondering how that scenario would affect them. The Office of Management and Budget has asked federal agencies to...

  • Boehner Shifts to Debt Ceiling Game Plan

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    The more House Speaker John Boehner talks about the budget and debt ceiling showdown, the less the American public understand how the differences with President Obama get resolved without damaging...

  • Cruz Gets Support from a GOP Shutdown Veteran

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Despite the criticism from pundits and jokes from late-night comedians, Ted Cruz, the intractable Tea Party senator from Texas (also known as the “Defunder”), has one big-time supporter outside the...