Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter to the congressional leadership: “We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by October 18.”
Yellen Says Debt Limit Will Be Reached by October 18
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