Signs of another debt ceiling fight emerged Wednesday as President Obama hosted Congressional leaders at the White House. Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president warned against another last-minute deal to raise …
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Earlier this week, former Sen. Alan Simpson, who co-chaired President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, attacked New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, saying his work “borders on hysteria.” We ask Krugman to …
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President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) clashed during a White House meeting on Wednesday, with the Speaker telling the president that he was “not going to allow a debt ceiling increase without doing …
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned Republican foes Wednesday he would not let Congress hold the US economy “hostage” with a debt -ceiling row like the one that nearly paralyzed Washington last year.
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When you add up his policies, this president has increased the national debt by five trillion dollars. Let me put that in a way we can understand.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Mitt Romney campaign in battleground states, House Speaker John Boehner raises the possibility of a new debt ceiling showdown, the Obama campaign announces April's fundraising numbers, …
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WASHINGTON — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of doing nothing to douse a “prairie fire of debt ” as he previewed a new economic message in a key swing state.
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Accretive Health, a debt -collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W. Bush's top health official as part of a campaign to restore its battered …
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DES MOINES — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney returned to Iowa on Tuesday, hammering President Obama for feeding a ” debt and spending inferno,” and warning of the dangers of a “nightmare …
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Washington (CNNMoney) — President Bill Clinton on Tuesday said those running for office should make reaching a debt deal the top campaign issue in the fall's elections.
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