How many days will it take for the cheque to clear? http://elephanttube.in.net/ elephantube.com As the U.S. government moved into the second week of ashutdown and an Oct. 17 deadline to increase the nation'sborrowing limit approaches, neither Republicans nor Democratsoffered any sign of impending agreement on either the shutdownor the debt ceiling, and both blamed the other side for theimpasse.