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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 23, 2019, 03:55 PM May 2019

Mnuchin Warns of 'Late Summer' Default If No Debt-Limit Increase

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that the U.S. government will face a default in “late summer” unless Congress increases the debt ceiling.

Mnuchin, testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee, said he’s confident lawmakers will raise the debt ceiling before the deadline.

The limit snapped back into place on March 2. So far, the Treasury Department has been able to shift funds and take other so-called extraordinary measures to prevent a default on the government’s debt.

The Bipartisan Policy Center, a research group unaffiliated with either party, estimated this month that a default would occur in October or early November.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/mnuchin-warns-of-late-summer-default-if-no-debt-limit-increase

I wonder if the teabaggers will try and play chicken again?

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Mnuchin Warns of 'Late Summer' Default If No Debt-Limit Increase (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
With unqualified assholes like this one Iliyah May 2019 #1
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