US will hit debt limit on Tue., Yellen says in letter

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 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.
U.S. Treasury set to use 'extraordinary measures' to avoid hitting debt limit: Yellen
The day after President Donald Trump takes office, the U.S. Treasury said it will employ "extraordinary measures" to avoid hitting the debt limit. In a letter, outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said extraordinary measures would begin Jan. 21.
Feds will hit debt ceiling day after Trump’s inauguration, forcing ‘extraordinary measures’: Treasury Secretary
This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin using on January 21,” Yellen wrote in a letter to the leaders of the
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 says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,
Janet Yellen drops bomb on way out that US will hit debt limit ONE day after Trump takes office
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's parting gift to Pres.-elect Donald Trump announced debt limit reached his first full day back in office.
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.
Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump’s inauguration
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off the threat of a national default.
US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock
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Johnson ‘not wed’ to including debt ceiling in sprawling reconciliation bill
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