Debt Ceiling

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...

Update: The Bipartisian Policy Center has created an interactive debt ceiling timeline, which can be found here. Today the House passed a temporary...

The House is pressing forward this week on debt ceiling legislation that contains a few different moving parts. The bill would buy lawmakers some more...

In an op-ed in the Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) is calling on Congressional Republicans not to use the debt ceiling as leverage for...

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas has an idea for the debt ceiling: instead of gaming out a potential default (which would be disasterous) or using some...