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Raising the Debt Ceiling $5 Trillion

Jun
30
2025
Raising the Debt Ceiling $5 Trillion
RAISING THE DEBT CEILING $5 TRILLION by Bob Englehart, politicalcartoons.com
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Englehart depicts the latest chapter in America's debt crisis as Congress raises the borrowing limit by another $5 trillion in 2025, following passage of the Big Beautiful Bill. The cartoon captures how routine debt ceiling increases have become a political ritual with trillion-dollar stakes.

McCarthy Debt Ceiling hostage

May
15
2023
McCarthy Debt Ceiling hostage
MCCARTHY DEBT CEILING HOSTAGE by Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com
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Raising The Ceiling

Jan
19
2023
Raising The Ceiling
RAISING THE CEILING by Dave Whamond, politicalcartoons.com
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Raising the Ceiling

Sep
29
2021
Raising the Ceiling
RAISING THE CEILING by Dave Whamond, politicalcartoons.com
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When The Bill Comes Due

Sep
29
2021
When The Bill Comes Due
WHEN THE BILL COMES DUE by Dave Whamond, politicalcartoons.com
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Defusing the debt ceiling

Sep
27
2021
Defusing the debt ceiling
DEFUSING THE DEBT CEILING by Dave Whamond, politicalcartoons.com
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Whamond depicts the 2021 debt ceiling standoff as a bomb-defusing operation, with Congress racing against Treasury's extraordinary measures deadline before the U.S. would face default. The cartoon captures the recurring absurdity of Washington engineering debt crises to extract political concessions.
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