Partisan politics bring U.S. to brink of default [Report & Reckon]
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Over the past month, the debate in Washington over raising the federal debt ceiling has come to a treacherous impasse. President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, and prominent members of Congress currently feature in a political drama that may end up with the American audience paying more than the price of admission.
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Main source: “What exactly is the debt ceiling?“- Al-Jazeera
The debt limit is a concept put in place by Congress at the end of the Great Depression. It allows the United States Treasury to “issue debt” or essentially borrow money under a certain cap. Constitutionally, only Congress can authorize the Treasury to borrow money to fund operations. Since 1962, Congress has raised this debt ceiling 72 times. The current limit is at about $14.3 trillion.
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