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Debt deal includes cruel attack on the nation’s poorest
May 30, 2023McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling agreement suspends debt ceiling but allows GOP to chip away at the nation’s safety net.
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Are lawmakers close to a deal to raise the debt limit?
May 26, 2023There is talk of a two-year extension with spending limits that exempt the military.
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With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts
May 24, 2023The nearly $1 trillion Pentagon budget seems to be non-negotiable when it comes to discussion of what drives deficits and anti-people budgets in the U.S.
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The view from China: U.S. debt ceiling ‘crisis’ reveals wasteful military spending
May 23, 2023Maintaining an empire is expensive.
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Republicans use sham ‘debt crisis’ to force cuts, set Biden up for blame
May 17, 2023The GOP is deploying every tool, even “economic terrorism,” to score wins for the wealthy and sabotage the president in 2024.
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