Senate raises ceiling on national debt limit
Posted: December 24, 2009 at 11:29 p.m.
The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, an increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year.
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