{"id":2381,"date":"2014-12-03T07:26:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T12:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2014-12-03T07:26:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T12:26:46","slug":"uncertainty-in-washington-poses-long-list-of-economic-perils-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty in Washington Poses Long List of Economic Perils &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/03\/business\/economy\/uncertainty-in-washington-poses-long-list-of-economic-perils.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=first-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news&amp;_r=1\">Uncertainty in Washington Poses Long List of Economic Perils &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-1\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; width: 540px; max-width: 540px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 135px;\" data-para-count=\"211\" data-total-count=\"211\">WASHINGTON \u2014 As House Republicans mull another round of fiscal brinkmanship with President Obama, a dark cloud is threatening to return to otherwise clearing economic skies: fiscal and political uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; width: 540px; max-width: 540px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 135px;\" data-para-count=\"241\" data-total-count=\"452\">Republican leaders moved Tuesday to finesse their way around another government shutdown next week, but the fiscal gantlet extends well beyond Dec. 11, when the current stopgap spending law that funds much of the federal government expires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; width: 540px; max-width: 540px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 135px;\" data-para-count=\"226\" data-total-count=\"678\">Absent congressional action, a host of business and personal tax breaks expires on Jan. 1. The government\u2019s borrowing limit is reinstated on March 16, although the government might not actually hit the ceiling until August.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-2\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; width: 540px; max-width: 540px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 135px;\" data-para-count=\"458\" data-total-count=\"1136\">On March 28, unless lawmakers act, physician reimbursements from<a class=\"meta-classifier\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #326891;\" title=\"Recent and archival health news about Medicare.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/health\/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics\/medicare\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">Medicare<\/a>\u00a0drop off a cliff. On May 31, the highway trust fund runs out of money. In June, the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance overseas purchases of American exports, might shut in the face of conservative opposition to its mission. Then on Sept. 30, the entire\u00a0<a class=\"meta-classifier\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #326891;\" title=\"More articles about the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP).\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/s\/state_childrens_health_insurance_program_schip\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program<\/a>\u00a0faces its expiration. A few days later, across-the-board spending cuts loom once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; width: 540px; max-width: 540px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 135px;\" data-para-count=\"458\" data-total-count=\"1136\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncertainty in Washington Poses Long List of Economic Perils &#8211; NYTimes.com. WASHINGTON \u2014 As House Republicans mull another round of fiscal brinkmanship with President Obama, a dark cloud is threatening to return to otherwise clearing economic skies: fiscal and political uncertainty. 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