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Should be doing to get this done? >> look, i think ultimately, jake, this is a question of -- its a question for congress. we saw this with president trump. he blew right through a series of debt limits. went to congress and congress raised them because we at that point also knew we were not going to default on our debt. and so the fact that republicans were all for spending under donald trump but now have developed again an appetite for fiscal austerity for bills they have already incurred, man...

Previous presidents and parties, we have to pay for it. social security benefits, the american people are promised. salaries for servicemen and women. benefits for veterans. well have to raise the debt limits to meet those obligations and raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking. and it should be. thats what is not happening today. the reason we have to raise the ket limit is because of the reckless tax and spending policies under the previous trump administration. in four year...

This might be one of the only opportunities to do so. think they is the general situation when it comes to the big hearing that will take place at the senate armed services tomorrow. >> no shortage of questions for milley. its a big week on capitol hill and were in. ing closer to the possibility of a government shutdown. how do you see this play out? will the government close? >> i dont think so, jon. the senate as you noted in your opening will vote tonight on a continuing resolution which also...

To avoid a government shutdown, vote yes. >> reporter: moderate dems want infrastructure, $3.5 trillion bill, bernie sanders wants them tied together, that was the agreement. congressman steve scalise sees cracks in the plan saying it is the tax-and-spend reconciliation bill and senate infrastructure bill are inextricably linked. therefore we will be whipping against both measures to stop democrats from an acting $5 trillion in social spending. and to spend the nations debt limits and by the way...

Tonight, the u.s. house of representatives is expected to vote on whether to fund the u.s. government for a little over two months to avoid a catastrophic default by mid october. the so-called continuing resolution or cr is expected to pass right down party lines before it heads to the senate where senate republicans might put a stop to it, putting the u.s. credit rating and the state of the already unstable economy at risk. lets go straight to ryan nobles live for us on capitol hill. lets start...

Moments. youre also covering at axios, what we are all referring to as a september to be remember, along with the anniversary of 9/11, what are the other significant milestones washington is facing this month. >> its a wild month. its ten years ago, that we had to downgrade because congress couldnt get its act together in terms of the budget, debt limits and our appropriations project. you have the infrastructure bill that need to get done. youve got the debate about the fed chair, youre going t...

Going have to deal with regarding budgets and debt limits. and once we get out of this year and into 2022 were into mid-term season and the clock really has run out on president biden trying to get through a domestic agenda, so its going to be a crucial two weeks in congress to see what theyre able to pull through, and, you know, not to be overdramatic but what happens in the next two weeks could potentially spell out a lot of what the fate of president bidens domestic agenda is going to look li...

Introduction Unexpected shocks may tip countries with elevated fiscal vulnerabilities into default. The literature has emphasized the role of macroeconomic and financial shocks, such as a decline of commodity prices (Reinhart et al., 2016) or banking crises (Baltenau and Erce, 2018) in shaping sovereign risk. However, other types of shocks, such as political events or natural disasters, are equally important. 2 Extreme weather events appear especially salient in light of the key role played by ...

Somebody had to do it. so i am taking on china on trade. you know what? we are winning. >> bret: the president said the trade deal will probably be struck with china but it must benefit the u.s. the congressional budget office is upping this years expressions of federal deficits. they projected the deficit will exceed a trillion dollars next year. the office says its projections stem from recently enacted legislation that lifted the nations debt limits and cuts to defense and nondefense programs...

We got to this point where sequestration was born by the way is when we went past the debt limits and there was a concern about whether or not the u.s. will default on its debt and the markets plunge. i think the point is we dont want to hit that point once again and this is an extension for two years so we dont have to battle for short-term spending bills over and over. neil: this isnt a done deal. this doesnt avoid the spending, the 12 measures that have to be voted on one at a time so we coul...