Congress had voted to raise the debt ceiling to that historic high in January 2010.
Everyone talks about the glass ceiling and having to knock on the glass ceiling to get ahead.
The engineers made test pressings and even strung wires near the ceiling to absorb the sonic overtones.
Downstairs, in the master bedroom, they discussed raising the ceiling to make the room feel less cramped.
And no one on Wall Street really believed Congress would allow the debt ceiling to cause a U.S. default.
Raising the ceiling to include 90% of wages does not go far enough.
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Expect the battles over revenue, spending and the debt-ceiling to reemerge in 2013.
But Simmons keeps a bedroom for them, draped in pink saris from ceiling to floor, fit for Indian princesses.
Beijing, of course, has no debt ceiling to raise, and so it has avoided a public airing of its problems.
The dollar index violated important support last week suggesting that some are not expecting the debt ceiling to be raised.
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Obviously, Senator McConnell has taken the lead in that to a measure that would allow the debt ceiling to be raised.
And we do not need to play chicken with our economy by linking the raising of the debt ceiling to anything.
He insisted that Congress take the necessary actions to raise the debt ceiling to avoid the possibility of non-payment of bills.
On that last occasion, more than 65% of voters turned down an amendment that would have raised the interest-rate ceiling to 17%.
Around the curving walls of windows on each floor, slabs of glass hang from the ceiling to form bright offices and conference rooms.
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made news last week by proposing to transfer the congressional prerogative to raise the debt ceiling to the president.
The nearby home of the Belizkaya family was filled with soot from their oven after the meteorite explosion, which caused the ceiling to crack.
Four trumpeters played The Last Post before thousands of poppy petals fell from the ceiling to represent those who lost their lives in combat.
"There are very strict rules about opening pharmacies, for example, with a ceiling to the number of stores allowed in each town, " he says.
The commission proposes raising the ceiling to include 90% of wages.
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Besides, the whole linking the raising of the debt ceiling to using the moment to begin getting our finances under control clearly has not worked out.
He painted the walls with a mixture of lime to retard crumbling and hung muslin on the ceiling to catch falling dirt, just as the settlers did.
And while we should all hope for a deal that cuts spending and raises the debt ceiling to avoid a possible default, bondholders should be under no illusions.
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By the same token, many of the Republicans' fiercest deficit hawks say they will not allow the debt ceiling to be raised unless they secure swingeing budget cuts.
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The House Republicans have an opportunity to use the debt ceiling to drive home the point that Washington has been getting the wrong answers because it has been asking the wrong questions.
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Once through the doors of the auditorium, your eyes adjust to the darkness as you move down the aisle, taking it all in, from the balconies to the ornate ceiling to the group in the spotlight way down front.
In August 2011, Speth and his chief engineer finally broke through more than two meters of earth and reinforced concrete and the shelter's 278-millimeter-thick ceiling to emerge into a 40-square-meter space, divided into five interconnecting rooms by heavy metals doors.
The idea had been to create legislation that would produce spending cuts so distasteful to both sides of the aisle that its mere existence would force everyone involved to come up with a more acceptable deal in order to allow the debt ceiling to rise.
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican minority in the Senate, has a scheme to transfer the authority to raise the debt ceiling to the president, which would at least spare Republicans the embarrassment of voting for an increase, even if it does not cut the deficit at all.
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