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* '''date''': [[when posted::June 24, 2011 12:00 am]] | * '''date''': [[when posted::June 24, 2011 12:00 am]] | ||
* '''author''': [[author::Matthew Zeitlin]] | * '''author''': [[author::Matthew Zeitlin]] | ||
| − | * '''title''': [[title | + | * '''title''': [[title::The Debt Ceiling: Why Obama Should Just Ignore It]] |
* '''summary''': [[summary::The argument goes like this: Because Congress already appropriated the funds in question, it is the executive branch's duty to enact those appropriations. The debt ceiling, then, is legislative "double-counting," because the executive branch is obligated to spend the money Congress appropriates, without having to go back and ask again for permission.]] | * '''summary''': [[summary::The argument goes like this: Because Congress already appropriated the funds in question, it is the executive branch's duty to enact those appropriations. The debt ceiling, then, is legislative "double-counting," because the executive branch is obligated to spend the money Congress appropriates, without having to go back and ask again for permission.]] | ||
* '''topics''': [[topic::2011 US debt ceiling]] [[topic::US/separation of powers]] | * '''topics''': [[topic::2011 US debt ceiling]] [[topic::US/separation of powers]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 17 October 2019
- link: http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/90659/debt-ceiling-obama-congress
- source: New Republic
- date: June 24, 2011 12:00 am
- author: Matthew Zeitlin
- title: The Debt Ceiling: Why Obama Should Just Ignore It
- summary: The argument goes like this: Because Congress already appropriated the funds in question, it is the executive branch's duty to enact those appropriations. The debt ceiling, then, is legislative "double-counting," because the executive branch is obligated to spend the money Congress appropriates, without having to go back and ask again for permission.
- topics: 2011 US debt ceiling US/separation of powers