What Would a Month be Like Without an Active Congress?

February 16th, 2011

This possibility is likely if an agreement to raise the debt ceiling is not decided upon by March 4th. With spending reaching its limit Democrats and Republicans are faced with a decision that isn’t easy to come by. The Democrats want the idea of a shut down to be completely wiped off the table, while some of the newly elected Republicans are ready to do what is needed and what they think will keep the US from defaulting on its debt or spending any more money.

Even if the shutdown is avoided, at some point later this spring the national debt is set to hit its current $14.3 trillion limit. If Congress fails to act on the administration’s request to raise the debt limit, then the government would have trouble refinancing its debt, taking in money to continue operations, and even default would be a possibility.

There are mixed feelings across both sides of the isle. Harry Reid, (D-NY) seems to think that a shut down would be counterproductive and spending needs to continue in order to make sure the job is getting done.

“After all, you can lose a lot of weight by cutting off your arms and legs. But no doctor would recommend it.”

Paul Ryan, (R-Wis) was apprehensive about the shut down:

“It is not our desire to see the government shutdown, but equally we don’t want to rubber-stamp these elevated spending levels.”

With March 4th approaching quickly we’ll see some decisions about the shut down being made in the next 2 weeks. Keep your eyes peeled for the latest, we may get a month without spending more money we don’t have.


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