ouncil of Economic Advisers, said. It is this frightening confluence of fiscal time bombs, starting on December 31, 2012, that has earned the name Taxmageddon. What's more, sometime in mid-February the government will reach the limit of its authority to borrow money. If Congress doesn't raise the debt ce

n attempts to defund it or to remove the mandate legislatively. If the House is still in Republican hands, even if he were to successfully navigate Taxmageddon he could easily find himself back in a situation like 2011 and 2012, when almost no bills moved forward. But it seems plausible that Obama could h