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Changing Rules on Debt Ceiling Is a Genius Idea

Matthew Yglesias: Last year's showdown set dangerous precedent

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2012 12:44 PM CST

(Newser) One of the proposals being floated by the White House in the fiscal cliff talks is to change the rules on the federal debt ceiling. The White House, any White House, would no longer need congressional approval to go above the ceiling. "It's...   Read full story »

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