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February 13, 2014

Congress Approves Debt Ceiling Hike Through 2015 
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The Senate has approved a measure that would lift the debt ceiling until
March 2015. The vote came after enough House Republicans joined with
Democrats to back hiking the debt limit without conditions, undermining
the longstanding Republican insistence on an offsetting amount of cuts
to social spending. The Senate measure passed on a party line vote of 55
to 43.

 

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