{"id":1503,"date":"2013-10-06T20:59:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2013-10-06T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:59:06","slug":"the-politics-of-the-14th-amendment-and-the-debt-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=1503","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of the 14th Amendment and the Debt Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/19\/the-politics-of-the-14th-amendment-and-the-debt-limit\/','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/packages\/images\/business\/economix\/bruce-bartlett.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/19\/the-politics-of-the-14th-amendment-and-the-debt-limit\/\\'&gt;The Politics of the 14th Amendment and the Debt Limit&lt;\/a&gt;Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. 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Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. He is the author of &#8220;The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform &#8211; Why We Need It and What It Will Take.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Politics of the 14th Amendment and the Debt LimitBruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. 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