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Lew: Raise debt ceiling to avoid default "abyss"

Name: Lew: Raise debt ceiling to avoid default "abyss"
Uploaded: 2013-10-06T04:16:04-0400
Duration: 6 min 19 s
Description: "Nothing good" will come if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned, calling on House Speaker John Boehner to "give the majority a chance to vote."

"Nothing good" will come if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned, calling on House Speaker John Boehner to "give the majority a chance to vote."