The AP has a good roundup of all the other issues smacking Netflix's stock, including subscription price hikes, debt offerings, missed quarters and Carl Icahn.
"Thad Cochran's reelection to the Senate means that K Street lobbyists can charge higher fees to lobby the Appropriations Committee, but it means tax hikes, debt limit increases and bailouts for Mississippi voters," said Barney Keller, spokesman for the Club for Growth.
The bank was granted a summary judgment allowing it to hike the debt to $168,500 in December 1998.
A first increase would be a two-part jump that would hike the debt cap by $1.2 trillion, with the first $416 billion being free from any disapproval.
sounded Wednesday like he prefers the looks of the Democratic budget-cutting plan better than House Speaker John Boehner's –- and sounded awfully close to embracing the Obama administration's desire for grand bargain to hike the debt ceiling.
The bill would cut the deficit by about $2.4 trillion over 10 years, and hike the debt ceiling by the same amount -- a key one-to-one match demanded by Republicans.
By the way, as Katrina Trinko reported, Bevin plans to attack McConnell by pointing out "how, over the past 13 years, he has nine times voted to hike the debt ceiling".
Economists have warned that even coming close to default would be playing with fire, and failing to hike the debt limit may spark a new recession, worse than the last.
NATIONAL An article last Wednesday about a court-ordered tax hike for debt-laden Harrisburg, Pa., described incorrectly the increase from 1 percent to 2 percent.
The deal to provide hurricane relief, while hiking the debt ceiling and funding the government for just three months, was indeed a gift to Democrats.
