With time fast running out, Congress may have left it too late to meet the Tuesday deadline set by the Treasury for raising the debt ceiling above its current $14.3tn limit.

时间正一分一秒地过去，国会可能没有足够的时间在财政部确定的提高上限的最后期限——星期二完成投票，把债务上限从现在14.3万亿再次提高。

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THE stand-off over America’s debt ceiling has entered strange territory: pretty much everyone agrees the limit will be raised, but it is becoming ever harder to see just how.

有关美国债务上限的基准差距的境况已经变得十分诡异：几乎每个人都同意上调限额，但是就是很难看到它究竟会如何进行。

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THE stand-off over America's debt ceiling has entered strange territory: pretty much everyone agrees the limit will be raised, but it is becoming ever harder to see just how.

有关美国债务上限的基准差距的境况已经变得十分诡异：几乎每个人都同意上调限额，但是就是很难看到它究竟会如何进行。

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By March 2013, the U.S. will reach the debt ceiling limit yet again.

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We are very focused on the need to move with speed on taking a vote to raise the debt ceiling limit.

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Even more interesting, Roberts believes that President Obama already has the vested powers necessary to suspend the debt ceiling limit and to continue to issue Treasury debt with or without a vote.

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