But the more their politicians argue over the debt ceiling, the greater the risk that the wiring will become irreparably frayed.

The expenditure cuts mandated by the outcome of the debt ceiling debate will reduce economic activity, thereby undermining growth and making debt reduction even more difficult.

Honoring all three of those legal obligations simultaneously is impossible if Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, but raising the debt ceiling without Congressional approval, though illegal and an impeachable offense, was the least bad choice.

And the longer America s politicians take to resolve the debt ceiling issue, the greater the risk of an inadvertent accident.

The roof leaks.

NEW YORK As the United States takes up the decision to lift its self imposed debt ceiling, we would do well to remember why America s public debt is as large as it is, and how it matters.

The roof of my house is red.

Reducing deficits in order to raise the debt ceiling was the right thing to do, but the August 2 law does it in the wrong way.

My house doesn't have a roof.

त ल क क मत क ल ए एक नई उच चतम स म

Raven's second on the roof of the barn two!

Of course, supported by seven pillars.

In the weeks since the debt ceiling agreement, it has become increasingly clear that good government might be impossible in the US.

Why did you climb up on the roof of her house?

America s Debt Ceiling Debacle

How many don't see it still?

This is a wall, a ceiling, and a floor.

No roof is big enough for two families.

Galavan, cover the warehouse skylights.

Music Hall, the New Yorker roof, maybe.

Well, it's a roof, anyway.

Yeah, it's a roof, all right.

The sky can be a roof.

And perhaps a ceiling, just to give it that traditional touch.

There are no beds yet and no roof.

The overwhelming and sensible expectation is that the two parties will compromise and raise the debt ceiling before inflicting serious economic and financial dislocations.

Nobody knows whether the debt ceiling tripwire will be evaded if so, how or what will happen if it is not.

Coming so shortly on the heels of the subprime crisis, the debate over the debt ceiling and the budget deficit is the last straw.

Meanwhile, the US cannot meet its next debt payment unless Congress and the president reach an agreement to raise the national debt ceiling.

He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty five cubits door against door.

He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

All her cats are sitting on the roof of the car.

America s Dangerous Debt Ceiling Debate

We will install panels on your roof.

OK, notice there's now a roof above us.

We still have to sleep over under one roof!

They've chased him up on the roof of the El Toro.

You and the Kid under the same roof?

I hate to spend the night under Jett's roof.

I'm terribly sorry. Now you have no ceiling.

A similar battle is now brewing about America s debt ceiling, which, if unresolved, introduces the risk of a technical default on US public debt.

Tom climbed up the ladder to the roof of the garage.

Looked up at the ceiling of my office one day

If I put the top up, will you get in?

I told you I'd put the top up.