brink. and i m terribly pleased, because it was so dangerous. what now? that s the really big question, isn t it? they ve set themselves the task of preparing a budget by mid-december. the continuing resolution will run out in january and the debt ceiling issue will rise again in february. i don t see how they re going to agree a budget. we know why it s been so difficult so far. i hope they will. and if they don t, i imagine there must be a possibility that we ll be in the same place again early next year. so, how are the markets likely to handle that uncertainty between now and then and as we get close once again to the brink? the interesting thing is that the markets have taken all this in their stride largely. there s been very small tremors in parts of it. but i think the markets still assume that nothing bad is going to happen, that in the end it will be so insane for the us actually to default even for a few hours that it s not going to happen. it s not a real thre
honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. so let s share some snapshots from the state of the union. that s speaker of the house john boehner, of course. he s led his party to ptectro wa t veee ohtomigrs and accountability. the finance, insurance, and real estate industries gave him more than $3 million last year. eric cantor is the republican majority leader in the house. among his biggest donors, goldman sachs, masterminds of the mortgage-backed securities that almost sank the world economy. cantor s also the third largest recipient of money from the national rifle association in the house, which is one reason he s such a big gun there. senator rigert menendez, democrat of new jersey, may be in hot water. he s currently under investigation for allegations that he improperly intervened with government agencies on behalf of a big donor. and there s fred upton, or republican from michigan, chairman of the house energy and commerce committee. what a coi
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