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Short-term debt-limit increase called near

By ANDREW TAYLOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

Congress will pass a two-month, $200 billion-plus increase in the government’s ability to borrow as one of its final acts before closing shop for Christmas, the No. 2 Democrat in the House said Tuesday.

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