Unrelenting Political Brinkmanship Edges U.S. Closer to Default
- Republicans, Democrats remain entrenched on debt-limit vote
- Senate GOP plans to thwart another Democratic effort Wednesday
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Democrats and Republicans must decide in the next day or two how far to take their deadlock over the U.S. debt limit, which is pushing the country perilously close to a catastrophic default.
Wall Street strategists are taking notice of the political turmoil, warning there is growing danger for financial markets as the clock ticks closer to Oct. 18, the date by which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expects the country to reach its limit on sovereign debt.