Senate lifts debt ceiling by $290B By - December 24, 2009 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp A $290 billion increase in the federal debt ceiling narrowly cleared Congress. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading... Related RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR FUBAR Trump claims his border wall is now a ‘national emergency” Doug Thompson Trump’s existence: America’s real ‘national emergency’ FUBAR Trump set to declare ‘national emergency’ over border wall