Debt Ceiling

When Congress ended the government shutdown last October, they also suspended the debt ceiling through February 7th, which is now only a week away...

Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sent a letter to Congress, updating the Treasury's projections of when the nation would hit its statutory...

Given the nature of debt ceiling politics lately, estimating when the federal government will start defaulting on obligations has become a common...

With President Obama's signature on Thursday morning, the nation went from the brink of default to having a least a little elbow room on the debt...

After a few weeks of government shutdown and a nerve-wracking lead-up to hitting the debt ceiling, the Senate leadership announced today it had come...

As the government shutdown continues into its 11th day, the two parties have just begun having serious negotiations about reopening the government and...

In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...

As we continue to approach the October 17 deadline when the Treasury Department estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted, leaving...

Congress already has its hands full with finding a fiscally-responsible solution for the expiration of the government funding bill at the end of the...

It's September and that means we've entered the final month of the FY 2013 continuing resolution. While the threat of a possible government shutdown...