https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/04/its-time-to-start-engaging-congress-mr-president/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:08:49 -0400<![CDATA[In December 2010, it was the two-year extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. In the spring of 2011, a government shutdown was narrowly averted by a midnight vote on Capitol Hill. The following summer brought us to the brink once more when the president walked away from the negotiating table on a deal surrounding the debt ceiling. And, of course, Congress rang in the new year with a last-minute escape from the largest tax increase in American history.]]>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:17:41 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/04/its-time-to-start-engaging-congress-mr-president-n98905