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2016 Postmortem

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5. The fix was in when Gingrich de-coupled debt ceiling raises from budgets.

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 03:23 PM

Oct 2013

That was back in the mid-nineties. That allowed Congress to spend, without authorizing that the bills that budget racked up be paid.

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The House GOP's Little Rule Change That Guaranteed A Shutdown [View all] KamaAina Oct 2013 OP

Now say that both sides are at fault. I dare you! UCmeNdc Oct 2013 #1

Both sides are at fault. KamaAina Oct 2013 #2

outrageous. MBS Oct 2013 #4

Sounds illegal to me, Marthe48 Oct 2013 #6

The nuclear option, house style. Why didn't Democrats tell us this? Justice Oct 2013 #7