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Extraordinary Measures is a 2010 American medical drama film starring Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, and Keri Russell. It was the first film produced by CBS Films, the film division of CBS Corporation, who released the film on January 22, 2010. The film is about parents who form a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of ...
The United States debt ceiling is a legislative limit that determines how much debt the Treasury Department may incur. [23] It was introduced in 1917, when Congress voted to give Treasury the right to issue bonds for financing America participating in World War I, [24] rather than issuing them for individual projects, as had been the case in the past.
In a letter to Congress of April 4, 2011, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner explained that when the debt ceiling is reached, the US Treasury can declare a debt issuance suspension period and utilize "extraordinary measures" to acquire funds to meet federal obligations but which do not require the issue of new debt, [43] such as the sale of ...
(The Center Square) – The day after President Donald Trump takes office, the U.S. Treasury said it will employ "extraordinary measures" to avoid hitting the debt limit. In a letter, outgoing ...
Yellen said in the letter that the debt ceiling could be reached between Jan. 14 and Jan. 23, at which point the Treasury would, "start taking extraordinary measures," to prevent the country from ...
“Extraordinary measures” will be needed to keep the US from defaulting on its obligations if the nation’s debt ceiling isn’t raised or suspended by mid-January, Treasury Secretary Janet ...
The crisis was deferred with the suspension of the limit on February 4, and the cancellation of the extraordinary measures. The measures were again invoked at the end of the ceiling's suspension on May 19, 2013, with the date of exhaustion of the resources and the default trigger date being estimated by the Treasury as October 17. [50]
As the deadline for the debt ceiling looms -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the country would hit the threshold on Jan. 19 -- negotiations seem at a standstill, which could force the ...