House Narrowly Passes ‘Clean’ Debt Limit Extension

By JM Rieger and Emma Dumain

Posted February 11, 2014 at 5:03pm

The House narrowly passed legislation Tuesday evening to raise the debt ceiling, all but ensuring that the nation won’t default at the end of the month.

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