claim: "president reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times. george w. bush did it seven times."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: the history of united states debt ceiling deals with movements in the united  states debt ceiling since it was created in 1917. management of the united  states public debt is an important part of the macroeconomics of the united  states economy and finance system, and the debt ceiling is a limitation on the  federal ...
evidence_2: i can confirm we will reach the statutory debt limit today, dec. 31 ... ronald  reagan increased the debt ceiling by 18 times, followed by jimmy carter and  lyndon johnson by 10 times and george bush sr by 9 times • so far, barack  obama has raised the debt ceiling by six times - less than george w bush's 7  times ...
evidence_3: jul 26, 2011 ... obama, july 25: in the past, raising the debt ceiling was routine. since the 1950s,  congress has always passed it, and every president has signed it. president  reagan did it 18 times. george w. bush did it seven times. and we have to do it  by next tuesday, aug. 2, or else we won't be able to pay all of our ...
evidence_4: mar 7, 2017 ... in modern history, ronald reagan oversaw the largest number of debt ceiling  increases, and george w. bush approved a near doubling of the ... the debt  ceiling was raised on seven occasions during president george w. bush's two  terms in office, from $5.95 trillion in 2001 to nearly double that, $11.315 ...
evidence_5: the debt ceiling, which sets the allowable limit of federal government borrowing.  the first chart shows all the times that the debt limit has been raised since 1980,  which includes 18 times under ronald reagan, four times under bill clinton, and  seven times under george w. bush. most recently, president obama raised the ...