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Posted: 3/3/2013 4:43:30 PM EST
This Feb. 27, 2013 photo shows Alison Brown the chairman of Navsys in her office in Colorado Springs, Colo. Three budget crises ago, when Republicans and President Barack Obama faced off over raising the debt ceiling in early 2011, Alison Brown saw the writing on the wall. Washington was entering a cycle of partisan brinksmanship over the federal budget that would sow confusion among federal agencies and delay contracts to small companies like Brown’s Navsys, which designs satellite navigation systems. So Brown slashed her 40-strong workforce in half. And as she feared, her revenues have since plunged by a similar amount. (AP Photo/Nicholas Riccardi)
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Posted: 3/3/2013 4:43:30 PM EST
This Feb. 27, 2013 photo shows Alison Brown the chairman of Navsys in her office in Colorado Springs, Colo. Three budget crises ago, when Republicans and President Barack Obama faced off over raising the debt ceiling in early 2011, Alison Brown saw the writing on the wall. Washington was entering a cycle of partisan brinksmanship over the federal budget that would sow confusion among federal agencies and delay contracts to small companies like Brown’s Navsys, which designs satellite navigation systems. So Brown slashed her 40-strong workforce in half. And as she feared, her revenues have since plunged by a similar amount. (AP Photo/Nicholas Riccardi)
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Posted: 2/23/2013 7:56:57 PM EST
U.S. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) (C) talks with reporters as he departs a meeting about debt ceiling legislation with fellow Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 2/23/2013 7:56:57 PM EST
U.S. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) (C) talks with reporters as he departs a meeting about debt ceiling legislation with fellow Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 2/23/2013 7:56:57 PM EST
U.S. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) (C) talks with reporters as he departs a meeting about debt ceiling legislation with fellow Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 2/23/2013 7:56:57 PM EST
U.S. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) (C) talks with reporters as he departs a meeting about debt ceiling legislation with fellow Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 2/23/2013 1:08:30 PM EST
National Governors Association Vice Chariman Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, left, with Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, speaks during a news conference at the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. U.S. governors urged Washington to avoid spending cuts that would affect states' defense and federal agencies, called the "sequester," and expressed concerns that a looming end to a stopgap spending measure and another deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling would hamper their economic recovery. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 2/23/2013 1:08:30 PM EST
National Governors Association Vice Chariman Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, left, with Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, speaks during a news conference at the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. U.S. governors urged Washington to avoid spending cuts that would affect states' defense and federal agencies, called the "sequester," and expressed concerns that a looming end to a stopgap spending measure and another deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling would hamper their economic recovery. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 1/27/2013 2:23:04 PM EST
Senator Robert Corker (R-TN) speaks to the media before voting on a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington in this file photo taken August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Posted: 1/27/2013 2:23:04 PM EST
Senator Robert Corker (R-TN) speaks to the media before voting on a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington in this file photo taken August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Posted: 1/27/2013 7:08:30 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congress’s paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 1/27/2013 7:08:30 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congress’s paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 1/23/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to reporters after a long closed-door meeting on a strategy to deal with a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/23/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to reporters after a long closed-door meeting on a strategy to deal with a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/23/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congress’s paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/23/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congress’s paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 5:48:28 PM EST
FILE - This Jan. 14, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama speakig in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is tightening the political screws on congressional Republicans on issues where he feels he has more leverage, chiefly the debt ceiling and immigration. By taking a more hardline stance, the usually accommodating Obama is gambling that public opinion is on his side, and Republicans will have to yield. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 5:48:28 PM EST
FILE - This Jan. 14, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama speakig in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is tightening the political screws on congressional Republicans on issues where he feels he has more leverage, chiefly the debt ceiling and immigration. By taking a more hardline stance, the usually accommodating Obama is gambling that public opinion is on his side, and Republicans will have to yield. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 1/14/2013 4:43:28 PM EST
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (L) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) hold a news conference about the U.S. debt ceiling crisis at the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 1/14/2013 4:43:28 PM EST
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (L) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) hold a news conference about the U.S. debt ceiling crisis at the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
