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“1,350”
-- The number of days since the Senate last passed a budget, April 29, 2009.
Simple ideas are usually the best ones, and the latest idea for dealing with the looming battle over the federal debt limit is beautifully simple.
No, Power Play is not talking about the $1 trillion platinum coin nor the idea that the president could simply declare the limit lifted under the ambiguous powers of the 14th Amendment (good luck borrowing money from anyone but Ben Bernanke after either ploy).
The simple solution that might avoid the pending panic is to actually pass a federal budget, or, more specifically, to have the Senate pass a budget for what would only be the second time in the Obama presidency.
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/budget/2013/01/08/1350-days-senate-passed-budget#ixzz2HRZdZ3VS
