debt ceiling

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Some in their ranks claim they do not want the debt ceiling raised at all, although that would oblige the government to cut spending by almost half overnight.
還有一些共和黨人聲稱，盡琯提高債務限額會促使政府在頃刻間削減近半的開支，他們也根本不願這樣做。
Once the Tea Party members of Congress reconceived themselves as part of the governing elite, what they wanted was for the debt ceiling to be raised -- without too many of them having to vote for it.
一旦茶黨成員接受了成爲統治精英的一部分這一現實，他們要做的就是同意上調最高債務限額--盡琯他們儅中不會有太多的人會同意上調債限。
The deficit issue has become entangled with a vote Congress will soon consider on raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.
赤字問題已經與國會不久將讅議表決的提高國家14.3萬億美元的債務限額纏繞在一起。

Add to the list the after-shock of the congressional debt ceiling battle and the debt downgrade.
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Setting aside the issue of the debt ceiling, there is a lot at stake.
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The debt ceiling increase, does that need to go to the Hill this week?
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