{"id":626700,"date":"2021-08-09T16:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=626700"},"modified":"2021-08-09T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:52:29","slug":"yellen-debt-limit-must-be-raised-to-avoid-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-debt-limit-must-be-raised-to-avoid-default\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellen: Debt limit must be raised to avoid default"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyellen-debt-limit-must-be-raised-to-avoid-default%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=626700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2486734\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2486734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen in London, England. (Photo by Justin Tallis \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:50 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged Congress to raise the debt limit once again. In a statement issued on Monday, Yellen pointed out the debt limit had been raised on a bipartisan basis in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for the limit to be raised again, Yellen said the Treasury Department has taken extraordinary measures to prevent a default on debt. She added failure to act would cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy as well as the livelihoods of all Americans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW:<br \/>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling on Congress to increase or suspend the debt limit on a bipartisan basis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qo89Fg0dYO\">pic.twitter.com\/Qo89Fg0dYO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephanie Myers (@_StephanieMyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_StephanieMyers\/status\/1424701917465223179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vows Republicans will not support any proposal to raise the debt limit.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/federal-court-rules-in-favor-of-abortion-waiting-period\/\">Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Abortion Waiting Period<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen in London, England. 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