The National Debt Clock in midtown New York. With the US national ...
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Tue Dec 22, 5:29 PM ET
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The National Debt Clock in midtown New York. With the US national debt at a historic high, the Senate on Tuesday scheduled a Christmas Eve vote on raising the country's ability to borrow by 290 billion dollars.

(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)

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