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So there’s this thing called the debt ceiling. It’s a way for the government to keep running without asking permission from Congress every time it wants to spend something. Lately, it’s mostly been used as a political bargaining chip. Don’t like the party in power? Don’t raise the debt ceiling. Congressional party leaders have a…