Debt Ceiling

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August 3, 2011
OPINION - From its inception, the Tea Party 'movement' has been touted as something new...
August 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the…
August 2, 2011
OPINION - When the history of the debt ceiling debate is written, it will record that politics won and the…
August 2, 2011
OPINION - Proposed cuts in U.S. foreign aid would hinder America's ability to effectively assist in what has become the…
August 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats crowded around her as she mouthed "thank-you's." She used one hand to greet some, the other…
August 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While Lamborn's comments could be seen as a less-than-ideal metaphor, they also contain a derogatory term that…
August 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama is facing a backlash from progressives, and from members of the Congressional Black Caucus over…
August 1, 2011
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) isn't a fan of the proposed deal to raise the debt ceiling...
August 1, 2011
OPINION - The outcome has fed into a perception by some on the left that Obama is weak, or worse,…
August 1, 2011
OPINION - Data from the non-partisan, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveals the distinction between mathematical reality and political fallacy...
July 31, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and Democrats have been insisting on a one-shot debt ceiling increase of around $2.4 trillion, enough…
July 30, 2011
"He has a propensity to be trusting, on the side of reconciliation," the veteran civil-rights activist told POLITICO...
July 29, 2011
VIDEO - President Obama and John Boehner must come to an agreement by August 2nd about whether to raise the…
July 29, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Singer and activist Harry Belafonte says President Barack Obama and his "mission" have failed because…
July 29, 2011
Tea Party leaders announced Thursday that they will mount primary challenges against four freshmen Republicans who have declared their support…
July 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - He spoke at the White House as a bill by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to lift…
July 29, 2011
OPINION - If a downgrade occurs, the financial markets would suffer a huge blow, and Barack Obama's presidency would clearly…
July 28, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - He urged advocates to change the conversation about the debt limit to one about creating more jobs,…
July 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is not political rhetoric. It's a real-life psychological negotiating scenario where it sometimes helps to seem…
July 28, 2011
VIDEO - "Evidently in Washington, there are no rational people.," this according to Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television...