claim: the deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling will "directly link a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever."
author: jon runyan
evidence_1: jul 18, 2011 ... white house rejects linking debt limit to balanced budget, threatens veto ... for the  first time in our history,” reid said in a statement monday afternoon. ... ceiling to  be raised in return for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. ... “ increasing the federal debt limit, which is needed to avoid a federal ...
evidence_2: by the end of the war, in june 1946, the debt limit is lowered to $275 billion as  war ... congress passes the congressional budget and impoundment control act  of 1974 ... congress raises the federal debt limit with little time to spare before the  ... for the first time, this procedure directly links federal borrowing authority to the  ...
evidence_3: the united states debt ceiling or debt limit is a legislative limit on the amount of  national debt ... from time to time, political disputes arise when the treasury  advises congress ... congress raised the debt limit with the budget control act of  2011, which ... on 5 august 2011, s&p issued the first ever downgrade in the  federal ...
evidence_4: if not, treasury will be unable to continue paying the nation's bills. ... in 1939,  congress created the first aggregate debt limit covering nearly all ... the budget  control act of 2011 automatically raised the debt ceiling by $900 billion and gave  .... of $1.9 trillion, the largest nominal increase ever enacted until that point in time .
evidence_5: jan 3, 2019 ... first, it's important to understand what the difference is between the federal ... the  federal budget process directly deals with taxation and spending levels and ... in  modern times, the government has struggled to spend less than it takes in for ...  whenever the debt limit is maxed out by spending and interest ...