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December 16, 2009


National Debt Exceeds Limit

CBS News finds that the latest calculation of the National Debt has exceeded the statutory Debt Limit approved by Congress. The ceiling was set at $12.104 trillion dollars. The latest posting by Treasury shows the National Debt at nearly $12.135 trillion.

A Treasury official says the department can use some "extraordinary accounting tools" to give the government "breathing room."










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