Government shutdown: Default Now Focus, As Treasury Warns Of 'Catastrophe' -- Linda Feldmann, Christian Science Monitor
On Day 3 of government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans shift the conversation to the looming debt limit, as chances grow that both issues will be resolved together.
With no resolution in sight to the government shutdown, Washington policymakers in both parties are looking ahead to a far more consequential deadline: the Oct. 17 debt limit.
If Congress does not raise the ceiling on government borrowing authority beyond $16.7 trillion by that date, the United States would soon head toward a historic default on its debt payments, risking a global economic crisis.
But that threat may be the bludgeon required to move Washington off the budget stalemate that closed parts of the federal government on Tuesday, analysts say.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Why does Putin deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
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