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U.S. Congress stuck between a rock and a hard place on raising debt limit

By Richard Cowan, Reuters Posted on September 7, 2021
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Democrats and Republicans will start what could become a monumental game of chicken this month over raising the limit on U.S. government borrowing, as Congress attempts to avert an historic debt default.

Leaders of the Democratic-led Senate and House of Representatives are expected to force votes to lift the $28.4 trillion debt limit in late September. The limit was technically breached on July 31 but is being circumvented by Treasury Department “extraordinary” steps.

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U.S. Congress stuck between a rock and a hard place on raising debt limit

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