An 1866 Steinway grand piano sits under the 40-foot cathedral ceiling in the great room.
From 2008 to 2010, for instance, these two alternated their lending (of several billion dollars in all) so as to provide unbroken funding while keeping each loan below the 60-day ceiling allowed under the exception.
The country now needs two more years to bring its budget deficit under the EU's ceiling of 3% of economic output, after the government conceded that weak growth meant the target for 2013 would not be met.
They also propose to increase the spending allowed under the spending caps adopted as part of the 2011 debt ceiling deal.
There are a group of his caucus that actually think default would be okay and have said that they would not vote for increasing the debt ceiling under any circumstances.
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.
The House, under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, has precipitated a postponement in the debt ceiling fight until May.
Tables and seating have been set under Michelangelo's frescoed ceiling for the cardinals - and special technology has been installed to jam any mobile phones or other devices which could breach the strict secrecy of the process, the BBC's James Robbins reports from Rome.
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The one-room building contained a table with a porcelain top and a hide-bottomed chair, both sitting under an unfrosted light bulb hanging from the ceiling on a long cord, and Obie went in and scraped dust and fallen dirt-dauber nests off the table with the side of his hand.
If an agreement is reached on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling, prices could pull back, but buying interest under the market will limit the downside for gold prices, market watchers said.
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Under her bill, the government would impose a ceiling on carbon emissions each year.
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Most of the damage there was also from smoke and heat, suggesting that the fire had started farther down the hallway, and he headed that way, stepping over debris and ducking under insulation and wiring that hung down from the exposed ceiling.
The Boehner plan B would leave intact government spending cuts, including those related to defense, which are required under a budget deal reached last year to raise the federal debt ceiling.
While addressing part of the fiscal cliff, the Boehner plan B would leave intact government spending cuts, including defense, that are required under a budget deal reached last year to raise the federal debt ceiling.
He asserts that Obama is legally permitted, under a bizrre interpretation of the 14th Amendment, to ignore the Congressional debt ceiling set by statute.
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Washington has raised the debt ceiling 39 times, including a whopping 17 times under President Reagan, four times under President Clinton and seven times under President George W. Bush.
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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They are also still under prosecution in Brazil for a number of other crimes, including for the collapse of ceiling at one of their temples, which caused 9 deaths.
Republicans should make it clear that they will fulfill our debt obligations in a responsible manner, but they will only give the president short-term debt ceiling extensions until we get this problem under control.
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