All posts tagged "Tim Geithner"

WASHINGTON — Amid fears the eurozone crisis may spill into US markets, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday discussed the situation with Republican House Speaker John Boehner, the lawmaker's spokesman said.

WASHINGTON – The grueling 2011 budget debate that brought the federal government to the brink of a shutdown might end up looking mild in the face of the next fiscal battle: the debt ceiling. That's because Republicans are openly threatening to use the calamitous possibility of a U.S. default as leverage to exact major spending cuts from Democrats.