Mnuchin asks for clean debt ceiling increase before August

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The Trump administration wants Congress to raise the debt ceiling before the August recess, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday, and does not want any conditions attached to it.

“I urge you to raise the debt limit before you leave for summer,” Mnuchin told the House Ways and Means Committee.

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