{
  "id": "RL31967",
  "type": "CRS Report",
  "typeId": "REPORTS",
  "number": "RL31967",
  "active": true,
  "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
  "versions": [
    {
      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 446992,
      "date": "2015-11-02",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-06T18:02:32.099033",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "Congress has always restricted federal debt. The Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917 included an aggregate limit on federal debt as well as limits on specific debt issues. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Congress altered the form of those restrictions to give the U.S. Treasury more flexibility in debt management and to allow modernization of federal financing. In 1939, a general limit was placed on federal debt.\nFederal debt accumulates when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and to meet federal obligations or when it issues debt to government accounts, such as the Social Security, Medicare, and Transportation trust funds. Total federal debt is the sum of debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts. Debt also increases when the portfolio of federal loans expands.\nCongress has modified the debt limit 14 times since 2001. Congress raised the limit in June 2002, May 2003, November 2004, March 2006, and September 2007. The 2007-2008 fiscal crisis and subsequent economic slowdown led to sharply higher deficits in recent years, which led to a series of debt limit increases. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221), signed into law (P.L. 110-289) on July 30, 2008, included a debt limit increase. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424), signed into law on October 3 (P.L. 110-343), raised the debt limit again. The debt limit rose a third time in less than a year to $12,104 billion with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 13, 2009 (ARRA; H.R. 1), which was signed into law on February 17, 2009 (P.L. 111-5). Following that measure, the debt limit was subsequently increased by $290 billion to $12,394 billion (P.L. 111-123) in a stand-alone debt limit bill on December 28, 2009, and by $1.9 trillion to $14,294 billion on February 12, 2010 (P.L. 111-139).\nThe federal debt again reached its limit on May 16, 2011, prompting the Treasury Secretary to invoke authorities to use extraordinary measures to extend Treasury\u2019s borrowing capacity. On August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; S. 365; P.L. 112-25), which resolved that debt limit episode. The BCA included provisions aimed at deficit reduction and allowing the debt limit to rise between $2,100 billion and $2,400 billion in three stages, the latter two subject to congressional disapproval. Once the BCA was enacted, a presidential certification triggered a $400 billion increase, and a second $500 billion increase on September 22, 2011. A third $1.2 trillion increase took place on January 28, 2012. \nFederal debt reached its limit on December 31, 2012. Extraordinary measures were again used until February 4, 2013, when H.R. 325, which suspended the debt limit until May 19, 2013, was signed into law (P.L. 113-3). When that suspension expired, the debt limit was set at $16,699 billion and extraordinary measures were reemployed. On October 16, 2013\u2014the night before Treasury\u2019s borrowing capacity was estimated to be exhausted\u2014Congress passed and the President signed a continuing resolution (H.R. 2775; P.L. 113-46) that included a suspension of the debt limit through February 7, 2014. On February 15, 2014, the debt limit was suspended again (S. 540; P.L. 113-83) through March 15, 2015. The debt limit was reset on March 16, 2015, at $18.1 trillion. On October 15, 2015, Secretary Lew stated that extraordinary measures would be exhausted no later than November 3, 2015. On October 28, 2015, the House concurred with a modified version of Senate amendments to H.R. 1314 (retitled as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015), which would suspend the debt limit until March 15, 2017. The Senate approved the measure on October 30, 2015, and the President signed it (P.L. 114-74) on November 2, 2015. CRS Report R43389, The Debt Limit Since 2011, by D. Andrew Austin discusses recent debt limit events in more detail.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORTS",
      "active": true,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "encoding": "utf-8",
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RL31967",
          "sha1": "5c1e5c1edfe69acd9ccc3448fec27d4e6c6de589",
          "filename": "files/20151102_RL31967_5c1e5c1edfe69acd9ccc3448fec27d4e6c6de589.html",
          "images": null
        },
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "encoding": null,
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RL31967",
          "sha1": "4040b7fa5a66b382fbc01594e94477dfa8bacf46",
          "filename": "files/20151102_RL31967_4040b7fa5a66b382fbc01594e94477dfa8bacf46.pdf",
          "images": null
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "IBCList",
          "id": 4514,
          "name": "Fiscal Policy Considerations"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc795771/",
      "id": "RL31967_2015Oct01",
      "date": "2015-10-01",
      "retrieved": "2016-01-13T14:26:20",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses congressional restrictions on federal debt. The statutory debt limit applies to almost all federal debt. The limit applies to federal debt held by the public (that is, debt held outside the federal government itself) and to federal debt held by the government's own accounts.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20151001_RL31967_f7079fa67b8117527dd23f5bbb6b6ed1ab7b5d81.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20151001_RL31967_f7079fa67b8117527dd23f5bbb6b6ed1ab7b5d81.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc815976/",
      "id": "RL31967_2015Apr27",
      "date": "2015-04-27",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20150427_RL31967_b0dfcc992e3157dccce26d9ea286b17ce55673bf.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20150427_RL31967_b0dfcc992e3157dccce26d9ea286b17ce55673bf.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc267841/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013Oct15",
      "date": "2013-10-15",
      "retrieved": "2013-12-03T12:16:12",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20131015_RL31967_01eee98b52cad23cd36f5f84912a35a328bd5d9d.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20131015_RL31967_01eee98b52cad23cd36f5f84912a35a328bd5d9d.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc227979/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013Sep25",
      "date": "2013-09-25",
      "retrieved": "2013-11-05T18:07:05",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130925_RL31967_f98239d8534629dc2a7f820316d30f95163f12ed.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130925_RL31967_f98239d8534629dc2a7f820316d30f95163f12ed.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc227978/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013Aug27",
      "date": "2013-08-27",
      "retrieved": "2013-11-05T18:07:05",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, provides an historical overview of debt limits, and explains how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, also discusses the legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130827_RL31967_fb38c2e9f62f32d7a53a0cf35744ff852532fe3d.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130827_RL31967_fb38c2e9f62f32d7a53a0cf35744ff852532fe3d.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc461953/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013May22",
      "date": "2013-05-22",
      "retrieved": "2014-12-05T09:57:41",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130522_RL31967_23ff274d759f2aabd9b320195359e03d365f8b3b.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130522_RL31967_23ff274d759f2aabd9b320195359e03d365f8b3b.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc462226/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013May03",
      "date": "2013-05-03",
      "retrieved": "2014-12-05T09:57:41",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report presents the means through which the total debt of the federal government can increase, gives a historical overview of debt limits, and discusses how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130503_RL31967_d4e7831dcfed5eae7c9a5fb5a82691926b9e32a6.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130503_RL31967_d4e7831dcfed5eae7c9a5fb5a82691926b9e32a6.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc463249/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013Feb07",
      "date": "2013-02-07",
      "retrieved": "2014-12-05T09:57:41",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report gives an historical overview of debt limits, discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130207_RL31967_2f800ac6f4d2252c4a8311c55fc20c7424f767b3.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130207_RL31967_2f800ac6f4d2252c4a8311c55fc20c7424f767b3.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc463280/",
      "id": "RL31967_2013Jan10",
      "date": "2013-01-10",
      "retrieved": "2014-12-05T09:57:41",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report gives an historical overview of debt limits, discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20130110_RL31967_21289ee8d41b08469141629a0244f8e94b535835.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20130110_RL31967_21289ee8d41b08469141629a0244f8e94b535835.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc817549/",
      "id": "RL31967_2012Dec27",
      "date": "2012-12-27",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20121227_RL31967_0ea21557aadeeb1336972738952e7e1d79018f0c.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20121227_RL31967_0ea21557aadeeb1336972738952e7e1d79018f0c.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc807596/",
      "id": "RL31967_2012May22",
      "date": "2012-05-22",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20120522_RL31967_e789b66cd6aa000bf622d1773b3d9bb0f1f6c05a.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20120522_RL31967_e789b66cd6aa000bf622d1773b3d9bb0f1f6c05a.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc807086/",
      "id": "RL31967_2012Jan26",
      "date": "2012-01-26",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20120126_RL31967_3cfa6eb63129422d8091a6f155e286951d1c3744.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20120126_RL31967_3cfa6eb63129422d8091a6f155e286951d1c3744.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87266/",
      "id": "RL31967_2012Jan20",
      "date": "2012-01-20",
      "retrieved": "2012-07-03T07:51:21",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20120120_RL31967_952db5dc895359244a68371376331f6629f25e80.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20120120_RL31967_952db5dc895359244a68371376331f6629f25e80.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84037/",
      "id": "RL31967_2012Jan06",
      "date": "2012-01-06",
      "retrieved": "2012-04-27T15:49:45",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20120106_RL31967_ca9cdc73229a992cebea4bdf9311009f8a60d449.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20120106_RL31967_ca9cdc73229a992cebea4bdf9311009f8a60d449.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93968/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Aug03",
      "date": "2011-08-03",
      "retrieved": "2012-07-24T12:39:36",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110803_RL31967_58f870a538dd7329f4f31ecead0b966456ae5714.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110803_RL31967_58f870a538dd7329f4f31ecead0b966456ae5714.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc809734/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Jul20",
      "date": "2011-07-20",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110720_RL31967_a877f385f8a97703e4ca50bc13ed4b5530617ea9.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110720_RL31967_a877f385f8a97703e4ca50bc13ed4b5530617ea9.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93969/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Jul01",
      "date": "2011-07-01",
      "retrieved": "2012-07-24T12:39:36",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110701_RL31967_b8bf7dc2fd9cdd40496a3dfbb725e5c5b89dae10.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110701_RL31967_b8bf7dc2fd9cdd40496a3dfbb725e5c5b89dae10.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc808554/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Jun01",
      "date": "2011-06-01",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110601_RL31967_06021816b9294d102426915b93928b48658f8d03.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110601_RL31967_06021816b9294d102426915b93928b48658f8d03.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40187/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011May16",
      "date": "2011-05-16",
      "retrieved": "2011-08-27T10:13:38",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110516_RL31967_ed361539cb387425d2d756f7813341c06677258a.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110516_RL31967_ed361539cb387425d2d756f7813341c06677258a.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc817359/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011May10",
      "date": "2011-05-10",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110510_RL31967_c5cd34e0d84d425520bb3bd6df17c733b29f638b.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110510_RL31967_c5cd34e0d84d425520bb3bd6df17c733b29f638b.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40186/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011May2",
      "date": "2011-05-02",
      "retrieved": "2011-08-27T10:13:38",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110502_RL31967_c2b551c9a892c81e96b76263a3752b4e5f5796b8.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110502_RL31967_c2b551c9a892c81e96b76263a3752b4e5f5796b8.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc805980/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Apr20",
      "date": "2011-04-20",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110420_RL31967_91d41076b641bd8b3da3598c0fb580b1af1e0417.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110420_RL31967_91d41076b641bd8b3da3598c0fb580b1af1e0417.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98048/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Apr05",
      "date": "2011-04-05",
      "retrieved": "2012-08-21T08:46:06",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, including an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110405_RL31967_87369b8ccde2aefc89f830f4f3ade14b8c3356ed.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110405_RL31967_87369b8ccde2aefc89f830f4f3ade14b8c3356ed.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33042/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Mar07",
      "date": "2011-03-07",
      "retrieved": "2011-04-28T13:31:19",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110307_RL31967_559f8fd9a1143bc148d498105d0b45e4a6820b98.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110307_RL31967_559f8fd9a1143bc148d498105d0b45e4a6820b98.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc809676/",
      "id": "RL31967_2011Jan06",
      "date": "2011-01-06",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20110106_RL31967_50559f48d222e34efbfc6beb053c42eeb9ec1c13.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20110106_RL31967_50559f48d222e34efbfc6beb053c42eeb9ec1c13.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29646/",
      "id": "RL31967_2010Nov04",
      "date": "2010-11-04",
      "retrieved": "2010-12-04T14:26:25",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20101104_RL31967_3bb27e4d2d00ee76c2e8fdfb3e33be5fe96f30ca.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20101104_RL31967_3bb27e4d2d00ee76c2e8fdfb3e33be5fe96f30ca.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31401/",
      "id": "RL31967_2010Sep08",
      "date": "2010-09-08",
      "retrieved": "2011-03-09T09:26:47",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20100908_RL31967_42cb81e99803ed3e91cd98ab5006a7c62d62417e.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20100908_RL31967_42cb81e99803ed3e91cd98ab5006a7c62d62417e.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503326/",
      "id": "RL31967_2010Feb16",
      "date": "2010-02-16",
      "retrieved": "2015-04-30T17:37:21",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20100216_RL31967_476e2cd13a06c8a1938899c91e247f420c63a14f.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20100216_RL31967_476e2cd13a06c8a1938899c91e247f420c63a14f.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505595/",
      "id": "RL31967_2010Jan28",
      "date": "2010-01-28",
      "retrieved": "2015-05-29T05:37:21",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, a historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20100128_RL31967_9121630ebbf698670696dbdc4ae799cda015695d.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20100128_RL31967_9121630ebbf698670696dbdc4ae799cda015695d.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc820644/",
      "id": "RL31967_2009Dec07",
      "date": "2009-12-07",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20091207_RL31967_a5c078b66dc3df52d67cf3efa41cff91597d1409.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20091207_RL31967_a5c078b66dc3df52d67cf3efa41cff91597d1409.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc821608/",
      "id": "RL31967_2009Oct09",
      "date": "2009-10-09",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, a historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20091009_RL31967_59f9980bdad01b765482eacb964c9bb040b1985f.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20091009_RL31967_59f9980bdad01b765482eacb964c9bb040b1985f.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc813334/",
      "id": "RL31967_2009Apr07",
      "date": "2009-04-07",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20090407_RL31967_6026bc91b0c17468d67802595738252f61e02eaf.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20090407_RL31967_6026bc91b0c17468d67802595738252f61e02eaf.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc806122/",
      "id": "RL31967_2008Oct06",
      "date": "2008-10-06",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20081006_RL31967_ce34d1ace4677ae5b50e5d968a8a50b8f8ac9999.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20081006_RL31967_ce34d1ace4677ae5b50e5d968a8a50b8f8ac9999.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc819909/",
      "id": "RL31967_2008Sep23",
      "date": "2008-09-23",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20080923_RL31967_08b9b9d54561e1f218519ff2951d0d53dc936a88.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20080923_RL31967_08b9b9d54561e1f218519ff2951d0d53dc936a88.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700840/",
      "id": "RL31967_2008May30",
      "date": "2008-05-30",
      "retrieved": "2015-08-27T16:20:31",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": "This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, a historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20080530_RL31967_733241112dde9ec2042bd1defd2433aca7f676f9.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20080530_RL31967_733241112dde9ec2042bd1defd2433aca7f676f9.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budget deficits",
          "name": "Budget deficits"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Business cycles",
          "name": "Business cycles"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Economic policy",
          "name": "Economic policy"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Federal budgets",
          "name": "Federal budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public debt",
          "name": "Public debt"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc817505/",
      "id": "RL31967_2008Apr29",
      "date": "2008-04-29",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20080429_RL31967_1048714d954826c2099b31535e0b6cfc01670dbb.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20080429_RL31967_1048714d954826c2099b31535e0b6cfc01670dbb.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc820590/",
      "id": "RL31967_2007Sep20",
      "date": "2007-09-20",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: A History of Recent Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20070920_RL31967_d8b7896cca7fde275358dd67e1533978518c733f.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20070920_RL31967_d8b7896cca7fde275358dd67e1533978518c733f.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8966/",
      "id": "RL31967 2006-03-21",
      "date": "2006-03-21",
      "retrieved": "2006-07-03T14:44:42",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: The Ongoing Need for Increases",
      "summary": "The surpluses over the four fiscal years 1998-2001 reduced debt held by the public by $448 billion. More than offsetting this debt reduction, the surpluses credited to debt-holding government accounts (which generally must invest the surpluses in federal debt), increased their holdings by $853 billion over the same period. The combination ($853 billion minus $448 billion) raised total federal debt by $405 billion. During 2002, debt subject to limit increased enough to reach the then current statutory debt limit, $5.95 trillion, in early April and again in May 2002. Congress passed and the President signed legislation (P.L. 108-24) increasing the limit to $6.4 trillion in June 2002.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20060321_RL31967_64ecc7714e6795bb8fd26fdc848ae7929cac504d.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20060321_RL31967_64ecc7714e6795bb8fd26fdc848ae7929cac504d.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Debt limit - Law and legislation",
          "name": "Debt limit - Law and legislation"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7420/",
      "id": "RL31967 2005-07-08",
      "date": "2005-07-08",
      "retrieved": "2005-10-18T13:44:20",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: The Ongoing Need for Increases",
      "summary": "The surpluses over the four fiscal years 1998-2001 reduced debt held by the public by $448 billion. More than offsetting this debt reduction, the surpluses credited to debt-holding government accounts (which generally must invest the surpluses in federal debt), increased their holdings by $853 billion over the same period. The combination ($853 billion minus $448 billion) raised total federal debt by $405 billion. During 2002, debt subject to limit increased enough to reach the then current statutory debt limit, $5.95 trillion, in early April and again in May 2002. Congress passed and the President signed legislation (P.L. 108-24) increasing the limit to $6.4 trillion in June 2002.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20050708_RL31967_c3bdb483bdf272167ad9ffad7dfa64027739a75f.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20050708_RL31967_c3bdb483bdf272167ad9ffad7dfa64027739a75f.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Debt limit - Law and legislation",
          "name": "Debt limit - Law and legislation"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6563/",
      "id": "RL31967 2004-11-18",
      "date": "2004-11-18",
      "retrieved": "2005-08-03T11:14:33",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: The Ongoing Need for Increases",
      "summary": "The surpluses over the four fiscal years 1998-2001 reduced debt held by the public by $448 billion. More than offsetting this debt reduction, the surpluses credited to debt-holding government accounts (which generally must invest the surpluses in federal debt), increased their holdings by $853 billion over the same period. The combination ($853 billion minus $448 billion) raised total federal debt by $405 billion. During 2002, debt subject to limit increased enough to reach the then current statutory debt limit, $5.95 trillion, in early April and again in May 2002. Congress passed and the President signed legislation (P.L. 108-24) increasing the limit to $6.4 trillion in June 2002.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20041118_RL31967_edc8e5aab31d470328f2c638fa71bf8aa6fc18b1.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20041118_RL31967_edc8e5aab31d470328f2c638fa71bf8aa6fc18b1.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Debt limit - Law and legislation",
          "name": "Debt limit - Law and legislation"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc821200/",
      "id": "RL31967_2003Jun12",
      "date": "2003-06-12",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "The Debt Limit: The Need for Increases",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20030612_RL31967_97c4c4af86bfe33912fd7845d04e130c3ce49959.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20030612_RL31967_97c4c4af86bfe33912fd7845d04e130c3ce49959.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    }
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Economic Policy",
    "National Defense"
  ]
}