The White House and Congressional leaders have a deal on the debt ceiling. It is a Trojan horse of built-in tax hikes that solves nothing.
The Democratic Senate plan to raise the debt ceiling failed of cloture. Negotiations are now taking place behind closed doors.
The House, and nearly half the Senate, is in revolt against the Senate leadership over the debt ceiling. A deal now seems highly unlikely.
Barack H. Obama’s speech about the debt ceiling is a prize example of sophistry. But few have rebutted it properly. Herewith one attempt.
The House and Senate are still trying to deal with and on the debt ceiling. But even the Senate has moved to Obama’s right.
Barack H. Obama pretends to be reasonable about the national debt and debt ceiling. Last night the pretense failed.
The latest round of debt ceiling talks broke down this evening. Given Obama’s attitude, that is unavoidable—and only just.
The Gang of Six proposal on the national debt and debt ceiling might not get past the House—and must start in the House to be legal.
A big debt ceiling deal with trillions of dollars in spending cuts cannot happen, because the two sides are at an impasse.
The government’s response in the Third Judicial Circuit over the health care reform bill reached a new level of absurdity yesterday. In so doing, it gave...