raise the debt ceiling
Jan
15
2013
Zyglis exposes the partisan weaponization of the debt ceiling in January 2013, depicting how Republicans transformed a routine borrowing authorization into a legislative hostage for spending cuts and policy concessions. The cartoon illustrates the transformation of the debt ceiling from fiscal tool to political weapon.
Nov
18
2011
Englehart lampoons the Congressional Super Committee formed in 2011 to find $1.2 trillion in deficit savings, which collapsed spectacularly and triggered automatic sequestration cuts that would shape federal spending for years. The cartoon captures Washington's pattern of creating oversight bodies destined to fail.
Apr
19
2011
Granlund's cartoon captures the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, the most consequential standoff in modern fiscal history, which led Standard and Poor's to strip the United States of its AAA credit rating. The image illustrates how political brinkmanship over a routine borrowing limit became a global financial shock.
