The debt limit does not prevent Congress from ordering up spending. It merely sets the limit at which the Treasury Department can no longer issue new debt to pay the bills. At the moment, tax revenue only covers about half of the federal government’s obligations, including bond interest payments and Social Security payments, now at $28.4 trillion.
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