Debt Ceiling

ALLEN WEST SLAMS WASSERMAN SCHULTZ IN EMAIL

House of Representatives Rep. West Stands by Email Calling Wasserman Schultz ‘Vile, Despicable and Cowardly’ Published July 19, 2011 | FoxNews.com WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Allen West of Florida is standing by an incendiary email he sent to a Democratic colleague after she criticized him in a speech on the House floor. “I think it’s […]

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WHAT ABOUT THE TRUST FUND?

JULY 16, 2011 A teachable debt-ceiling moment. President Obama famously played to grandma’s Social Security fears this week, saying in an interview about the debt-ceiling talks that “I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3 if we haven’t resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers

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THE OBAMA DOWNGRADE

JULY 15, 2011 The real reason the U.S. could lose its AAA rating. So the credit-rating agencies that helped to create the financial crisis that led to a deep recession are now warning that the U.S. could lose the AAA rating it has had since 1917. As painfully ironic as this is, there’s no benefit

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THE REAL GOP DEBT CHOICE

WALL STREET JOURNAL JULY 15, 2011 By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is taking heat from some in his caucus for “caving” on debt-limit talks. They might instead be thanking him for finally laying out the real choice Republicans face in this debate: 2012 or 2010. Put another way: With President Obama

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KRAUTHAMMER – TURN UP THE HEAT ON OBAMA

Fri, Jul 15, 2011 BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER – Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is demanding a big long-term budget deal. He won’t sign anything less, he warns, asking, “If not now, when?” How about last December, when he ignored his own debt commission’s recommendations? How about February, when he presented a budget

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GOP: PLEASE DO CALL HIS BLUFF AND MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS

July 15, 2011 By David Limbaugh 7/15/2011 Ordinarily, I’d have difficulty grasping the magnitude of arrogance driving President Obama in budget negotiations that could determine the survival of our nation, but after several painful years of observation, I’ve come to expect it from him.Obama’s personality type does not well handle opposition, so when House Majority

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BUDGET SHELL GAMES ARE CONTRARY TO LAW

JULY 14, 2011 Congressional rules require public proposals and specific numbers that can be openly debated. By MICHAEL W. MCCONNELLMr. McConnell was assistant general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget from 1981-83 and is now a professor of constitutional law at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. After sending

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