Aug 01 With Debt Ceiling Agreement In Place, Can Leaders Find Enough Votes? It's a new morning in Washington as Congress prepares to vote on extending the debt limit while cutting spending. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. If members of Congress from both parties and in both chambers follow their leaders,… Continue reading
Jul 29 Decision to Delay Debt Vote Produces Only Losers House Speaker John Boehner arrives at the Capitol on Friday morning. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Thursday night's decision by Republican leaders to scrap a vote to raise the debt ceiling dealt House Speaker John Boehner a stunning… Continue reading
Jul 28 Speaker Boehner Faces His Biggest Test House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is questioned by reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. When the House of Representatives votes on Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit by $917 billion over… Continue reading
Jul 27 Boehner Heads Back to the Drawing Board as His Debt Plan Hits Snag A vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt plan was delayed after the CBO said it would save less than advertised. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner was already having trouble with his right flank in… Continue reading
Jul 26 No Deal in Sight After President Obama, Speaker Boehner Address Nation President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner address the nation. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, both delivered primetime television addresses to the nation Monday night appealing to the American people to see it their way… Continue reading
Jul 25 No Debt Deal in Sight as Leaders Propose Rival Plans House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol on Sunday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Congressional leaders and President Obama aren't closer to a deal on raising the debt limit Monday morning after talks collapsed late Friday… Continue reading
Jul 22 Democrats Unhappy Over Possible Obama-Boehner Deal Focused on Cuts A deal focusing on cuts, with increased revenues in the future, is not sitting well with Democrats. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. All the reporting Friday morning suggests that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner… Continue reading
Jul 21 President Obama Open to Short-term Increase in Debt Ceiling President Obama would only accept a stop-gap measure of "a few days." White House photo. With negotiators running out of time to raise the country's borrowing limit, President Obama signaled Wednesday he would be willing to accept a… Continue reading
Jul 20 Can the ‘Gang of Six’ Bridge the Divide? President Obama called the "Gang of Six" proposal "a very significant step" on resolving the debt ceiling issue. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Compromise has been in short supply in Washington the past few weeks as President Obama… Continue reading
Jul 19 Conservative Groups Pressure GOP to Oppose McConnell-Reid Debt Plan Several conservative groups oppose the debt ceiling plan proposed by Sens. Harry Reid, left, and Mitch McConnell. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Just as the McConnell-Reid backup plan on the debt ceiling is gaining steam in the Senate… Continue reading