Thiessen: The GOP will win the debt-limit fight

WASHINGTON POST, 1/17/2011 by Marc Thiessen (Hat tip: John H. Detweiler) - Let's be clear: Republicans have the upper hand in the coming fight over raising the federal debt limit. President Obama will push to raise the limit without giving Republicans the massive spending cuts they demand. But in the end he will cave. Read more at Washington Post... Read More......

House Votes to Hike Debt Limit

FOXNews.com, 1/4/2010 by Chad Pergram - Debt, Debt & More Debt: "The House of Representatives Thursday voted to raise the debt limit by $1.9 trillion. That vote raises the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, a new high for the amount of debt the U.S. has ever carried." Read more at Fox News...

• The Senate approved the debt limit increase in mid-January on a 60-40 party-line vote.
  
• The House vote was a close one, 217-212. All Republicans and more than 30 Democrats voted against raising the debt ceiling.

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Geithner Asks Congress to Increase Federal Debt Limit

WSJ: WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asked Congress to increase the $12.1 trillion debt limit on Friday, saying it is "critically important" that they act in the next two months. ∴ Mr. Geithner, in a letter to U.S. lawmakers, said that the Treasury projects that the current debt limit could be reached as early mid-October. Increasing the limit is important to instilling confidence in global investors, Mr. Geithner said. Read more at Wall Street Journal... Read More......