Feds Hit Debt Limit—Again; Debt Now Exceeds Limit Set in 2008 by $8,550,505,000,000 Prison Planet.com Posted on March 16, 2017 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Money Watch CNS News | With the close of business today, the period in which Congress suspended any legal limit on the federal debt expires. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email