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  1. @poppamark really. didn't know that. perhaps he didn't want it said he was two-faced.
  2. @charliehaldeman It's the number - in law - beyond which the Federal Government cannot do any additional borrowing or incur addlt debt.
  3. @saquin Debt Limit has been raised about 100 times since 1940 when it was set at - get this - $49-billion - now about 5 days Govt spending.
  4. @ReginaWalton They've done the math and they want Congress to raise the debt ceiling by up to nearly $14-trillion.
  5. I remember watching Burke's Law as a kid. Show later morphed into a secret agent vehicle, but fell short of the mark.
  6. On Burke's Law, Gene Barry was a millionaire police chief who'd go to crime scenes in chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce. Great theme song too.
  7. Off the beat: Actor Gene Barry, who starred on TV in 60s & 70s as Bat Masterson, Burke's Law & The Name of the Game, is dead at 90 yrs old.
  8. Latest National Debt: $12.092-trillion. Debt Ceiling is $12.104-trillion. You do the math.
  9. Countdown to the Debt Ceiling: The National Debt is now within $12-billion of the Debt Ceiling of just over $12-trillion dollars.
  10. @ExcellentCandy Congress could stop the borrowing and spending by not raising the Debt Ceiling.
  11. @ExcellentCandy Actually, the feds ran out of money $12-trillion dollars ago. They just keep borrowing and printing more.
  12. Pres. Obama signs Executive Order giving federal workers half day off on day before Christmas.
  13. Durbin & Ill Gov Pat Quinn say moving detainees from Gitmo to Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois could provide boost in jobs & econ.
  14. "Predecisional" document on moving detainees to Illinois is good news to Sen. Dick Durbin. "We are encouraged by this development," he says.
  15. The official says such "predecisional" documents are drafted "regardless of whether a decision has been made."
  16. Administration official says a "draft, predecisional" document is making the rounds on moving detainees from Gitmo to a prison in Illinois.
  17. http://twitpic.com/t3zin - Steve Kroft's interview with Obama airs Sunday on 60 MINUTES.
  18. Obama says it's "really frustrating" that the same banks that got taxpayer assistance "are fighting tooth & nail" against regulatory reform.
  19. Asked about enormous bonuses being paid at firms the US helped to bail out, Obama says it's not surprising "people are mad at the banks."
  20. Obama takes new swipe at financial industry in 60 MINUTES interview Sunday. He says "the people on Wall Street Still don't get it."