With just hours to spare before the deadline, President Obama signs the deficit reduction bill into law to raise the nation's debt ceiling after the Senate approved the measure by a 74-26 vote.
Debt Ceiling: Budget Experts See Deal as 'Spit in the Ocean' - [Excerpt] "This package claims to reduce about $2.5 trillion from what the debt otherwise would have been; but the discretionary spending caps I discussed are just slowed growth. ... When we think about how big the problem is, with the retirement of the Baby Boom (generation), with low revenue coming in as a result of the financial crisis and the economic slowdown, we've got a much bigger problem than $3 trillion of vague cuts can address." Read more at Fox News...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Obama signs debt deal
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debt ceiling,
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