Next Debt Ceiling Hike Request Should Come... After the Election

Bridget Johnson

May 08, 2012 12:29 PM

The United States’ current debt ceiling is $16.394 trillion. The debt stands at approximately $15.7 trillion. The fifth request to increase the debt ceiling should come from the White House… just after the election, in December.

The Senate Republican Policy Committee shares this ominous graphic today…

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Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and analyses have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.

Bridget is a Senior Fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. She is a Senior Risk Analyst for Gate 15, a homeland security risk management firm in the Beltway. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico, New York Daily News, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, New York Observer, Washington Times, RealClearWorld and more, and has myriad television and radio credits including Al-Jazeera and SiriusXM. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.