Tag: debt load

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  US debt soars past 15tn while another political storm is brewing in Congress

  

  The US government's debt load topped the 15 trillion dollars mark Wednesday, as politicians in Congress continued to battle over how to cut spending. Treasury figures showed the burden of federal borrowing reached 15,033,607,255,920.32, up 55.8 billion from Tuesday.