“Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew warned Congress on Wednesday that the government would most likely exhaust its ability to borrow in late February, setting up yet another fiscal showdown with Republicans, and this time earlier than congressional leaders had anticipated.  In a letter to Speaker John A. Boehner and top congressional leaders, Mr. Lew said a surge of February spending, mainly tax refunds for 2013, would leave the Treasury with little room to maneuver after the official debt limit is reached on Feb. 7.  ‘Protecting the full faith and credit of the United States is the responsibility of Congress, because only Congress can extend the nation’s borrowing authority,’ Mr. Lew wrote.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/us/politics/treasury-secretary-sends-warning-on-debt-limit.html?hpw&rref=politics&_r=0

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