On today’s X-Date, remembering what Franklin Roosevelt did when faced with a potential Court decision that would blow up the economy: prepare to ignore it.
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At Least Free the Debt Ceiling Hostage
Today’s X-Date PM: If the White House is so interested in a bipartisan deal, it should include a mechanism to end these crises permanently.
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The White House Wants a Debt Ceiling Deal
By opposing an injunction in the main lawsuit challenging the debt ceiling, the president has deliberately boxed himself into negotiations with legislative terrorists.
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The Debt Ceiling Approaches
Ryan Cooper joins to talk about how Biden has boxed himself in.
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Republican Debt Ceiling Lies
Today’s X-Date: GOP members insist they’re worried about the national debt. It ain’t true.
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Our Glacially Improving Economic Prospects
Today on TAP: Even if we can avert ill-advised budget concessions as part of a debt ceiling deal, it will take more radical policies to improve the life prospects of workaday Americans.
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The Debt Ceiling Is Unconstitutional—but Not for the Reason You Think
Congress’s power to make contracts does not come with the power to renege on them.
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The President Is Already in Litigation Over the Debt Ceiling
On today’s X-Date: The White House and its allies are acting like they must avoid a legal battle over the debt ceiling. Too late.
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The Vanishing 14th Amendment Case
Plaintiffs claiming that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional didn’t file a motion for immediate relief. Therefore, the case has sat dormant.
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The Access Journalism–House Republican Mind Meld
On today’s X-Date, how the relationship between Punchbowl News and Kevin McCarthy is driving a bad resolution to the debt ceiling crisis