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US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... to major budget cuts. The change in the GOP tactics came after President Obama refused to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military pensions. The bill then passed the Democrat controlled ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... 'Obamacare' healthcare law to people whose incomes make them ineligible" (Reuters), Ohio Republican and House Speaker John Boehner conceded that his Grand Ol' Party did: "We've been locked into a fight over here, trying to bring government down to size ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... per cent) at 3,760.75. A breakthrough in the political logjam seemed at hand when House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner offered to extend the US borrowing authority for six weeks. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Republican leaders ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... benign - the S&P 500 index's down a mere 0.1% for all of last week, aided by comments by (Republican) House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) that he would not allow the US to default on its debt on the last day of trading last week. Soothing words especially ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor had signalled their support for President Barack Obama's plan to attack Syria was weighing on ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor had signalled their support for President Barack Obama's plan to attack Syria was weighing on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... after markets were closed on Monday for a holiday, but stocks cooled considerably after Republican House Speaker John Boehner at mid-session backed President Barack Obama's call for military action against Syria. LONDON - European stocks fell in choppy ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... compromised on Obama's tax increases during the fiscal cliff negotiations - with the debt ceiling. House Speaker John Boehner (Rep) is talking tough (again) declaring that they "do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... the Nasdaq composite index closed 21.65 points lower, down 0.72 per cent, at 2,992.16. In Washington, House Speaker John Boehner said the White House was so resistant to cutting government spending that it risked pushing the country off the "fiscal cliff." ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... deficit. The Wall Street Journal reported that budget negotiations between the White House and Republican House Speaker John Boehner had "progressed steadily" in recent days. That reinvigorated talks that appeared to have stalled, the paper reported ...
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