on us and global economies. so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. the first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a months pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so what exactly happening? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. will the us government spend more money that it brings in. so it needs to boro money to pay its bills. it can only boro a certain amount of money. and if it needs to boro more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but the us presidentjoe biden says no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political
a default could have on us and global economies. so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spend more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white
here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to approve that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political parties go to try and work it out. but th
so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political parties go to tr
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