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101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 2, 2013 12:57:22 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse 3 more fiscal cliffs loom >>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Think the fiscal cliff caused an awful lot of uncertainty and held back the economy? How about three more cliff-like deadlines over the next three months? That's what's in store. The bill approved by the House late Tuesday doesn't address the debt ceiling and temporarily puts off most of the automatic spending cuts otherwise scheduled to take effect Wednesday. Here is what's still ahead: 1. Debt Ceiling . . . 2. Sequester . . . 3. Continuing Budget Resolution . . .<<

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3 more fiscal cliffs loom

>>NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

Think the fiscal cliff caused an awful lot of uncertainty and held back the economy? How about three more cliff-like deadlines over the next three months?

That's what's in store. The bill approved by the House late Tuesday doesn't address the debt ceiling and temporarily puts off most of the automatic spending cuts otherwise scheduled to take effect Wednesday.

Here is what's still ahead:

1. Debt Ceiling . . .

2. Sequester . . .

3. Continuing Budget Resolution . . .<<

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Cliffisher Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:26,005 Points:3,134,700 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: May 3, 2013 11:21:49 AM Ignore Cliffisher Report Abuse Will that slow down the increase in Obama's spending of our tax dollars? In case you may have missed it but the Congress raises the cash and spends the cash. The president can only agree to or veto spending bills. At least that was the way it worked as of yesterday.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: May 3, 2013 10:51:00 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse We appear to have crashed through the debt ceiling. Will that slow down the increase in Obama's spending of our tax dollars? Have you heard anything about us crashing through the debt ceiling today in the media?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2013 11:50:52 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $8 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN! That's about 4 more days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 27, 2013 11:35:31 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $12 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN! That's about six more days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 22, 2013 11:41:53 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $25 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 15, 2013 10:16:11 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Sequester cuts: $24.6 billion 2013 tax increases: $63.7 billion Is that what Obama calls a level playing field?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 14, 2013 7:47:29 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $43 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
therder All-Star Author Lexington Posts:587 Points:1,594,070 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Apr 10, 2013 2:38:21 PM Ignore therder Report Abuse Budgets obviously mean nothing in Washington D.C.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 10, 2013 12:59:42 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $53 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 9, 2013 12:04:57 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $56 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2013 10:33:59 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $58 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2013 12:07:49 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Less than $69 billion until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 1, 2013 5:22:27 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Approximate number of days until we hit the debt ceiling AGAIN: 40 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2013 12:55:27 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of years without a budget: 4.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 27, 2013 10:43:31 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government begins to shut down: 0 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 27, 2013 12:40:23 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government begins to shut down: 1 day.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2013 7:17:36 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government begins to shut down: 2 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2013 1:15:19 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 3 days.
owt Champion Author Tennessee Posts:10,284 Points:1,591,430 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 23, 2013 3:35:16 PM Ignore owt Report Abuse ...all three will be considered "THE SKY IS FALLING", and the message will be that we have to do something now.....THE SKY IS FALLING.....how many blind sheeple will fall for it again and again?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 12:14:57 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 5 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2013 4:46:37 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 6 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2013 10:58:37 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 7 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 19, 2013 2:20:29 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 8 days.
johnnyg1200 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:4,135 Points:643,095 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 11:05:35 PM Ignore johnnyg1200 Report Abuse But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years. Thomas Jefferson
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 10:00:18 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 9 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 17, 2013 2:10:54 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 10 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 17, 2013 1:26:27 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 11 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2013 3:06:36 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 13 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 13, 2013 11:12:43 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 14 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2013 4:51:20 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Last time our country had an approved budget? April of 2009. What has prevented our country from having a budget since 2009?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2013 10:07:23 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 15 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2013 12:33:23 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse From this website's home page: Topic: Email tells feds to make sequester as painful as promised >>The White House announced Tuesday that it is canceling tours of the president’s home for the foreseeable future as the sequester spending cuts begin to bite and the administration makes good on its warnings of painful decisions. Announcement of the decision — made in an email from the White House Visitors Office — came hours after The Washington Times reported on another administration email that seemed to show at least one agency has been instructed to make sure the cuts are as painful as President Obama promised they would be . . .<<
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 11:59:55 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 17 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 10:17:30 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 20 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 1:28:00 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse What happens if the federal government shuts down on March 27? Number of days until the United States Federal Government shuts down: 21 days.
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,823 Points:1,196,940 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 11:00:26 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno says he hasn't had a budget ever
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 12:13:01 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: it's started.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:14:50 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: 13 hours. 52% of Americans want the sequester to happen. [Edited by: 101Speedster at 2/28/2013 10:15:39 AM EST]
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 9:48:16 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Obama to Republicans: "This sequester is going to be terrible. Let's do lunch sometime and discuss it after the sequester starts." Obama to media: "The sequester will not be that bad."
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 12:25:41 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: 23 hours.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 27, 2013 1:11:57 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Obama to Republicans: "This sequester is going to be terrible. Let's do lunch sometime and discuss it after the sequester starts." [Edited by: 101Speedster at 2/27/2013 1:12:26 PM EST]
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 27, 2013 10:23:07 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Will the sequester force Obama to cut down on the number of rounds of golf that he plays or the number of yearly Hawaiian vacations?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 12:19:32 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: 2 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 11:07:04 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Bernanke: "Wouldn't expect to see immediate impact from sequester. Sequester impact will build over time." [Edited by: 101Speedster at 2/26/2013 11:08:09 AM EST]
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 10:41:41 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Bernanke: "Sequestration could create significant headwind for economic recovery."
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,691 Points:744,385 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2013 10:13:21 AM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse Yes, the continuing resolution will be the "biggie". The sequester is a reduction in the INCREASE on spending for next fiscal year. It won't make that much difference until September. Anyone who is crying "Wolf!" is assuming that there are not ample department funds to shuffle to cover expenses. There are.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2013 10:05:02 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: 3 days.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2013 9:57:10 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>The continuing resolution will be the "biggie".<< You sure about that? When do you think that is going to happen? Would it contain spending cuts or tax increases? Will we continue to spend more each year than what comes into the government coffers?
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,691 Points:744,385 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2013 9:53:06 PM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse I think the sequester will go into effect, but they will still try to kick the can down the road again. The continuing resolution will be the "biggie".
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2013 9:47:31 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse 7 (ALLEGED) spending cuts you'll really feel >>1. Shrinking unemployment benefits. 2. Beef and chicken to cost more and even face a shortage. 3. Granny won't get her lunch. 4. Your preschooler could be stuck at home. (Federal preschool?) 5. National parks will close campgrounds or open late. 6. Longer lines at the airport. 7. Roofs blown off by Hurricane Sandy won't get repaired.<<