US taps pension fund to avoid passing debt limit: borrowing from the federal employee pension fund to keep operating without surpassing its debt limit.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the government has begun borrowing from the federal employee pension fund to keep operating without surpassing its debt limit.

Geithner says in a letter to congressional leaders that the move will free up $156 billion in borrowing authority while Congress debates increasing the $16.4 trillion debt limit.

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