Debt Limit

Like this Story? Share it: (AP) WASHINGTON - The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government Debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 Trillion. That means Congress soon will have to lift the legal Debt Limit to give the nearly…

WASHINGTON – The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government Debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 Trillion. That means Congress soon will have to lift the legal Debt Limit to give the nearly maxed-out government an ev…

Fiscal issues are at the top of the agenda at the House GOP’s annual retreat in Baltimore, which is being held at a Marriott Hotel overlooking the city’s picturesque Inner Harbor. As Rep. Kevin Mccarthy (R., Calif.), the House whip, to…

House Republicans convened their annual retreat an hour north of Washington at the Waterfront Marriott in Baltimore Friday morning. And so did the nonprofit association, EDUCAUSE. And a rookie Capitol Hill reporter seeking out discussions with Rep…

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sent a letter to Congress last week in which he laid out the dire economic consequences should the Debt ceiling not get raised in the next month or so.  This alarm was not shared by The Economist, who pointed o…

Yahoo! Buzz Much of the talk today at the retreat for GOP House members in Baltimore is about raising the Debt ceiling, a difficult vote that Republicans will face within a few months. “We’ll see what that vote looks like, but right now …