Federal government to hit $36T debt limit

Federal government to hit $36T debt limit on Tuesday
President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 trillion dollars a day after he is sworn in on Monday.
US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock
The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking extraordinary measures to allow the government to pay its bills, outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to congressional leaders on Friday.
US will hit debt limit on Tuesday, Treasury's Yellen warns in letter. What happens next?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using extraordinary measures Jan. 21.
Janet Yellen says Treasury will take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid hitting debt ceiling Jan 21
It is not clear how long Congress will have to secure a deal on funding or raising the debt ceiling again once the measures are taken, but in the past it has helped stall the default for several month
Yellen says Treasury will use 'extraordinary measures' on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,
US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach on Tuesday
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin employing "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and risking a potential catastrophic default.
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