U.S. might be unable to pay bills as of Oct. 17

Seattle Times: WASHINGTON — The Treasury has handed Congress an urgent deadline: Oct. 17.

On that day, unless Congress were to raise the debt ceiling, the Treasury would have only $30 billion cash on hand, putting the United States on the precipice of an unprecedented default, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Wednesday.

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