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The Debt Ceiling Limit & Other Obsolete Congressional Rules That Need To Change

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 18, 2023 Many congressional rules are relics of the past that need to be changed to bring Congress into the 21st century. The obvious rule that’s front and center right now is the debt ceiling limit. The Debt Ceiling Limit Why do we even have a debt ceiling limit? […]

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House Discharge Petition Could Be The Key To Dealing With Debt Ceiling Crisis

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 19, 2023 We knew this was coming. Last year, there were signals that Congress would have to deal with increasing the debt limit ceiling sometime in the second half of 2023. “Extraordinary measures” could extend that deadline closer to the end of the year. Today, much earlier than expected, we hit the […]

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