{"id":1166,"date":"2011-08-05T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T20:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2014-02-12T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T15:55:15","slug":"the-budget-control-act-of-2011-agreement-reached-over-stalemate-on-the-nations-debt-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/2011\/08\/05\/the-budget-control-act-of-2011-agreement-reached-over-stalemate-on-the-nations-debt-ceiling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Budget Control Act of 2011: Agreement Reached Over Stalemate on the Nation’s Debt Ceiling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Budget Control Act of 2011: Agreement Reached Over Stalemate on the Nation’s Debt Ceiling<\/a><\/p>\n

After a last-minute agreement finally brought the stalemate over the nation’s debt ceiling to a close, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law on August 2, 2011, enabling the U.S. Treasury to avoid defaulting on existing obligations. The Budget Control Act of 2011 left all sides with plenty to argue about over the next few months… (Read More)<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Budget Control Act of 2011: Agreement Reached Over Stalemate on the Nation’s Debt Ceiling After a last-minute agreement finally brought the stalemate over the nation’s debt ceiling to a close, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law on August 2, 2011, enabling the U.S. Treasury to avoid defaulting on existing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[86],"tags":[88,1099,91,752,94,97,93,109,1144],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2p1nA-iO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1050,"url":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/2011\/07\/20\/the-u-s-debt-limit-questions-and-answers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1166,"position":0},"title":"The U.S. Debt Limit – Questions and Answers","author":"Bradford Pine","date":"July 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The U.S. Debt Limit: Questions and Answers... 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