Macleans.ca » U.S. congress http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The U.S. debt ceiling: what just happened and what’s up next http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-u-s-debt-ceiling-what-just-happened-and-whats-up-next/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-u-s-debt-ceiling-what-just-happened-and-whats-up-next/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:51:30 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=339944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-u-s-debt-ceiling-what-just-happened-and-whats-up-next/feed/ 0 Why the House Republicans' bill is not-so-great news The Fiscal Cliff explained http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-fiscal-cliff-explained/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-fiscal-cliff-explained/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:39:24 +0000 Business Blog http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=332775 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-fiscal-cliff-explained/feed/ 0 Five things you need to know about the (totally manufactured) term Whose Wisconsin: Paul Ryan or Tammy Baldwin? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/whose-wisconsin/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/whose-wisconsin/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:48:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295273 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/whose-wisconsin/feed/ 0 Congresswoman Baldwin has a different view of Wisconsin than the Republican VP nominee The trouble with too much democracy http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/the-trouble-with-too-much-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/the-trouble-with-too-much-democracy/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:00:16 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207557 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/the-trouble-with-too-much-democracy/feed/ 30 The real threat is not economic decline, it's political decay Two crises, but one is far more dangerous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:23 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205609 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/feed/ 4 COYNE: In the U.S. and Greece, fears of debt spirals compete with fears of default The U.S. Congress is now a parliament; get used to it http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/the-u-s-congress-is-now-a-parliament-get-used-to-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/the-u-s-congress-is-now-a-parliament-get-used-to-it/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:50:19 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116949 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/the-u-s-congress-is-now-a-parliament-get-used-to-it/feed/ 39 For the first time in U.S. history, a huge piece of legislation has passed with only one party's votes