Over the past few weeks, you have probably heard your local  and national news stations talking about President Obama and Republicans debating over the “Debt Ceiling.” 

So what is the debt ceiling? What exactly does it mean to the U.S. economy? Why do we have to raise the debt limit?  Why is President Obama getting frustrated with Republicans over the debt ceiling?

CNN’s Ali Velshi breaks it all down in simplified terms and explains what’s exactly at stake.

Watch the video below:

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