US Treas Sec Yellen says the US government can be financed until December 15

US Treasury Secretary Yellen in a letter to members of Congress re the debt limit.

• Yellen says she is confident the government can be funded to December 15
• after December 15 there are insufficient resources unless the debt ceiling is raised

The countdown is on to December 15 then, that's the new debt celeing deadline according to Yellen.

OK, well if these folks are going to trot out this charade all over again I'm going to to out this