Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Debt ceiling (page 15)

(Gustaf Brundin)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Jason Cohn / Reuters)

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions at the closing press conference of the G20 Finance summit in Paris. Five years and one financial crisis since the United States and China commenced regular high-level economic talks, fast-growing Beijing might have the upper hand Monday, May 9, 2011, in the latest round of discussions between the world's two biggest economies. While analysts don't foresee major breakthroughs at the talks Monday and Tuesday, China's expanding economic might will give it greater leverage now. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) (AP)

Martin Crutsinger

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions at the closing press conference of the G20 Finance summit in Paris. Five years and one financial crisis since the United States and China commenced regular high-level economic talks, fast-growing Beijing might have the upper hand Monday, May 9, 2011, in the latest round of discussions between the world's two biggest economies. While analysts don't foresee major breakthroughs at the talks Monday and Tuesday, China's expanding economic might will give it greater leverage now. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) (Francois Mori)

Jonathan Easley

Advertisement:

Speaker of the House John Boehner; President Barack Obama

Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises

Speaker of the House, John Boehner

Grover Norquist

Advertisement:

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the housing finance market. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Harry Hamburg)

S&P's outlook: A lesson we already know

Natasha Lennard

Advertisement:

What happens if the U.S. hits the debt ceiling?

Peter Finocchiaro

President Barack Obama speaks to the media after a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at the White House in Washington, regarding the budget and possible government shutdown, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C., a leading supporter of a balanced budget amendment

The danger of a balanced budget amendment

Advertisement:

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on TARP. The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 trillion. Geithner says failure to increase borrowing authority would be "a catastrophe," perhaps rivaling the financial meltdown of 2008-2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon)

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty

Advertisement:

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington. Newly empowered Republicans suggest the nation's small businesses will be clobbered if tax cuts for those in the highest income brackets are allowed to expire on Dec. 31. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies argue the impact would be slight. Both can't be right. The truth lies somewhere in between. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Martin Crutsinger

House speaker-in-waiting Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Debt ceiling dilemma: How do you fight with crazy?

« Previous

Page: 15

Next »

Fearless journalism
in your inbox every day

Sign up for our free newsletter

• • •