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  1. important ceilings
    John Boehner Posts Desperate Debt-Ceiling Craigslist AdCan’t believe it’s come to this. 
    By Dan Amira
  2. important ceilings
    The 8 Most Plausible Ways a Debt-Ceiling Catastrophe Could Be AvertedThe eight most plausible ways. 
    By Dan Amira and Jonathan Chait
  3. important ceilings
    GOP Suspends Debt Ceiling for Three Months, Gets Pretty Much Nothing in ReturnChuck Schumer is gloating.
    By Dan Amira
  4. important ceilings
    Obama Voted Against Raising Debt Ceiling — So?Can we stop bringing this up?
    By Dan Amira
  5. debt ceiling hostage crisis
    Treasury Dismisses Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin SolutionThe party’s over.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  6. important ceilings
    Did Timothy Geithner Mention We’re Hitting the Debt Ceiling in Five Days?We’re hitting the debt ceiling in five days.
    By Dan Amira
  7. important ceilings
    Debt-Ceiling Showdown Part II Is ComingStarring House Speaker John Boehner.
    By Brett Smiley
  8. important ceilings
    Americans Remain Traumatized by the Debt-Ceiling CrisisAll that bickering wasn’t very confidence-inspiring.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  9. the oracle of omaha
    Watch Warren Buffett Describe the Debt Talks As a Giant Game of Chicken Played by Insane People“Boehner didn’t throw out the steering wheel, but a group behind him said ‘Throw out the steering wheel, Mr. Speaker.’”
    By Sarah Frank
  10. finance
    Government Expects Standard & Poor’s to Downgrade Its AAA Bond RatingHappy Friday?
    By Noreen Malone
  11. house of pain
    Americans Disapprove of Congress in Record NumbersThey’re also getting sick of the tea party.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. video
    Frank Rich on Martin Bashir: The Next President Will Have Had Nothing to Do With the ‘Nightmare’ Debt DealSo, Mitt Romney?
    By Sarah Frank
  13. bons mots
    Mitch McConnell Admits That Hostage-Taking Is Exactly What the GOP DidDon’t call them terrorists though.
    By Dan Amira
  14. video
    Sixth-Graders Explain How the Debt Deal Went DownThis is how our youth are learning about democracy in action.
    By Noreen Malone and Sarah Frank
  15. important ceilings
    The Stock Market Tanked Today AnywayTurns out the economy is still terrible.
    By Dan Amira
  16. politics
    Why Would Anyone Question the Maturity of Congress?In D.C., someone’s always a cheer captain, someone else is always on the bleachers.
    By Noreen Malone
  17. important ceilings
    Our Long Debt-Ceiling Nightmare Is OverThe Senate overwhelmingly passed the debt-ceiling bill this afternoon.
    By Dan Amira
  18. important ceilings
    How Much, Exactly, Did the Tea Party ‘Compromise’?We’re going to keep writing about the debt deal. Sorry.
    By Noreen Malone
  19. gaffes
    GOP Piles on Biden for Using the T-wordRand Paul: “Prefer to be thought of as a freedom fighter.”
    By Carrie Battan
  20. important ceilings
    House Passes Debt-Ceiling Deal 269-161 [Update]One Satan sandwich and a very, very strong cocktail, please.
    By Carrie Battan
  21. important ceilings
    Paul Krugman Is Coping With the Debt Deal Like Teenagers Cope With a BreakupThere will be other debt deals, Paul. They will probably break your heart, too, though.
    By Noreen Malone
  22. important ceilings
    Joe Biden Shows Off His Famous Tact in the Tense Hours Before Debt-Ceiling VoteHe says that tea partiers in Congress have acted like “terrorists.”
    By Dan Amira
  23. video
    John Heilemann on Morning Joe: Finally, a Debt DealDid Obama cave?
    By Sarah Frank
  24. important ceilings
    By President Obama’s Own Standard, This Is a Bad CompromiseObama outlined his definition of a “good compromise” in 2004. This clearly isn’t one of them.
    By Dan Amira
  25. hell
    July Was the Warmest Month Ever in Washington, D.C.Serves ‘em right?
    By Noreen Malone
  26. important ceilings
    Obama, GOP Leaders Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal [Update]Mr. President didn’t look too happy about it.
    By Carrie Battan
  27. important ceilings
    Senate Blocks Reid’s BillOf course.
    By Ray Rahman
  28. important ceilings
    Meet Mitch McConnell, Newest Star of the Debt CrisisIs this his moment?
    By Ray Rahman
  29. important ceilings
    Congress and White House Think Debt Deal Is Near“We had a very good day yesterday.”
    By Ray Rahman
  30. important ceilings
    Harry Reid: Republicans Have Until Midnight to Approve His Debt Plan [Updated]If you need to borrow money, America, do it before Tuesday.
    By Ray Rahman
  31. important ceilings
    Senate Kills Boehner’s Debt Bill, Vocal Cords“PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE,” the impassioned Speaker begged.
    By Ray Rahman
  32. important ceilings
    Boehner Bill Now Even More Dead in the SenateHe tweaked it to get more GOP votes by adding a Balanced Budget Amendment provision.
    By Dan Amira
  33. important ceilings
    Congress: The Worst Spectator Sport EverThese down-to-the-wire legislative battles are horrible, ulcer-inducing events.
    By Dan Amira
  34. bons mots
    Tell Us What You Really Think, Bruce Bartlett“I think a good chunk of the Republican caucus is either stupid, crazy, ignorant or craven cowards.”
    By Dan Amira
  35. important ceilings
    Obama Has Been Waiting All Week to Use This LineThe rest of us have been waiting all week for … something else.
    By Noreen Malone
  36. important ceilings
    There Are Some Potentially Serious Consequences to the Extended Debt DebateIt’s not a political story till we figure out what it means for long-shot presidential candidates.
    By Noreen Malone
  37. important ceilings
    Boehner Seems to Be Failing the Leadership Test Posed by the Debt TalksBut everyone is, really.
    By Noreen Malone
  38. raging boehner
    No Vote Tonight for Boehner’s Debt PlanIt’s still not over.
    By Rosie Gray
  39. important ceilings
    Sharron Angle Defends Tea Party’s Similarities to Hobbits“As in the fable, it is the hobbits who are the heroes and save the land.”
  40. important ceilings
    Highly Anticipated Vote on Doomed Bill DelayedBoehner bill didn’t have the votes in time.
    By Dan Amira
  41. raging boehner
    John Boehner Cried YesterdayWhat took him so long?
    By Noreen Malone
  42. important ceilings
    Could We Solve the Debt-Ceiling Crisis With Trillion-Dollar Coins?A venerated law professor seems to sincerely suggest that we can.
    By Dan Amira
  43. important ceilings
    This Whole Debt-Ceiling Debacle Has Been Very Good for Politicians’ Bottom LinesIf not the country’s.
    By Noreen Malone
  44. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Michele Bachmann Has No Understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment ArgumentObama would have the power to unilaterally collect taxes? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
    By Dan Amira
  45. important ceilings
    CBO Says Revised Boehner Plan Cuts More Than $900 BillionThe House will vote on it tomorrow.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. important ceilings
    Al Franken Is Getting Started on His ‘Welcome Terrorists’ SignIf the debt ceiling isn’t raised, they’ll be free to enter the country whenever they want. There will be no counter-terrorism agents or border security.
    By Dan Amira
  47. important ceilings
    John McCain Tells New Senators to Get Off His LawnHe calls the demands of some tea partiers “bizarre” and “foolish.”
    By Dan Amira
  48. important ceilings
    Sarah Palin Nearly Makes a Solid Point About the Debt CeilingNearly! But actually really wrong.
    By Dan Amira
  49. important ceilings
    Economists Expect U.S. Credit to Be Downgraded No Matter What Happens With the Debt CeilingWell done, Congress. Well done.
    By Dan Amira
  50. important ceilings
    There’s No Whining in Debt Ceiling BallSorry.
    By Dan Amira
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