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‘Extraordinary Measures’ Protecting U.S. Debt Default Will Run Out in Months

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If Congress does nothing to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, the debt could default as soon as July.

Asta Hemenway
Asta Hemenway 

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

President Joe Biden addresses the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Asta Hemenway

Asta Hemenway

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

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