The GOP's newest strategy: Pretend Mitt Romney won the election

Republicans have come up with an enormous Christmas wish list for raising the debt limit

John Boehner
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With a government shutdown seeming less likely, Republicans in the House are now considering moving the fight over ObamaCare to the next big fiscal deadline cum economic calamity-in-waiting: The debt ceiling.

However, concessions on ObamaCare are the least of the GOP's demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Republicans are reportedly packing their debt limit bill with a whole raft of pet priorities, setting up an even more fractious fight over a vote that, should it fail, could have dangerous economic repercussions.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.