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America’s gross national debt surpassed $33 trillion for the first time in U.S. history on Monday as Washington, D.C., faces a potential government shutdown over federal spending.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 8:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Monday that lawmakers would soon vote to raise the debt ceiling for one year and seek to slow spending increases for federal agencies.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned about the national debt, expressing concern that the federal government’s obligations will eventually create a financial meltdown even as markets exhibit apathy toward the problem in the near term.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 12:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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America's national debt just passed $31 trillion for the first time in history. Yikes! Don't worry though, we at The Babylon Bee have a few brilliant money-raising ideas up our sleeves that Congress probably hasn't heard of yet.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2022 @ 11:35 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The United States national debt surpassed $31 trillion for the first time in history, according to data from the Treasury Department released on Monday.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 9:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Americans facing largest national debt ever, just as Biden announces student loan forgiveness
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Certainly, the most disappointing part of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was that there was no mention of the federal spending crisis or our $23 trillion national debt.
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Rep. Walter Jones Jr., a Farmville Republican first elected to Congress in 1994, died Sunday on his 76th birthday. He entered hospice care roughly two weeks ago after breaking his hip.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 8:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A few years back I attended a presentation by David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States. At the time Walker was becoming quite well known for making a frightening and compelling case as to why the United States needed to get its financial house in order
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 5:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported on a development students of American governance have known about for years, but politicians have studiously avoided doing anything about: the United States' debt will cost us more in the near future than our own national defense
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones, a longtime deficit hawk, continued efforts to reign in our nation’s runaway debt, and cosponsored H.R. 5572, the One Percent Spending Reduction Act, also known as the “Penny Plan.”
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 7:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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No issue better epitomizes our broken federal government than the debt. And like Democrats, Republicans have failed miserably to control federal spending
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2018 @ 10:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives debated final passage of H.R. 1 - legislation that will make sweeping changes to America's tax laws
Published: Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 @ 6:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his long fight against wasteful government spending and the runaway federal debt by voting against final passage of H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his fight against wasteful government spending and voted against H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his long stand against excessive government spending by voting against H.R. 3354
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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“Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the National Debt”. Herbert Hoover
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Today, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (R-NC) voted against S. Con. Res. 3, the largest budget ever passed in United States history
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2017 @ 1:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Politicians make promises. It's what they do. Candidates often promise bold and grandiose actions to get your vote and win their elections. Some sound appealing, but are they realistic and attainable?
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Standing behind the podium at a campaign stop in North Carolina, Hillary Clinton promised to 'return North Carolina back to the days of Democrat Control, after this recent detour, when North Carolina suffered its first deficit budget - a three billion dollar deficit.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 12:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commented on a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which estimates that the federal deficit will climb to $544 billion this year, up $105 billion over last year’s deficit.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 6:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 597, a bill which would revive the lapsed Export-Import Bank
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The federal government spends more money each year than it collects in taxes and other revenue. That means annual spending deficits. Each deficit drives up the federal debt. Nick Dranias, president and executive director of the Compact for America Educational Foundation, has an interesting idea for
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have often wondered why Race is such a large issue in these times. Many of us, who lived through the sixties and were well aware of the events of those turbulent days, have well considered why Race is such a dominant force for those who are interminably imbued with the subject.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The states could put a stake through the heart of America's "fundamental problem" of unlimited borrowing capacity that has created nearly $18 trillion in national debt by adopting a balanced budget amendment
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 8:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hold on to your hats!! I am about to agree with something our glorious leader said. In talking about the National Debt and the Debt Limit, he laid the blame on the congress, those who control the purse strings. He was right (partly).
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:52 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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County Commissioners are the lowest ranking elected officials empowered to make laws and levy taxes. These are essentially the same things the big boys do in Raleigh and Washington.
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 5:24 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Most of us know that a credit card can be a dangerous device. Over the years, Mom and Dad used their plastic conveniences to purchase whatever their eyes and hearts desired.
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2012 @ 1:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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