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WASHINGTON -- The Senate gave final congressional approval to an $850 billion increase in the public debt, the fifth such adjustment under President Bush and one reflecting the rising costs of the war in Iraq.
Adopted 53-42, the revised $9.815 trillion ceiling is intended to give the Treasury enough borrowing authority to manage through the end of Mr. Bush's presidency and into 2009.
It represents an almost $4 trillion increase from the statutory debt limit when Mr. Bush took office in 2001,
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
WASHINGTON -- The Senate gave final congressional approval to an $850 billion increase in the public debt, the fifth such adjustment under President Bush and one reflecting the rising costs of the war in Iraq.
Adopted 53-42, the revised $9.815 trillion ceiling is intended to give the Treasury enough borrowing authority to manage through the end of Mr. Bush's presidency and into 2009.
It represents an almost $4 trillion increase from the statutory debt limit when Mr. Bush took office in 2001,
Buddy, can you spare a dime?