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Current debt ceiling, date legislated, and expected hit date: Devote one paragraph in LEDE to this critical information

What the section header says. The lede needs to give the current status. That's really basic info. SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 09:37, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

Public Debt Acts is a small stub with a large overlap in content. I propose we merge and redirect here. 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 20:07, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support, although a more specific, and therefore I think better, target is History of United States debt ceiling. However, I support the merge to either of these targets. Klbrain (talk) 19:17, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship to the Filibuster in the Senate

I think this article should describe if and how filibuster procedures in the Senate can complicate votes to raise the debt ceiling. CessnaMan1989 (talk) 18:08, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]