Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. A bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House passed a bill in a 314-117 vote ...

The debt ceiling compromise bill sailed to passage in the House on Wednesday evening. The House voted 314-117 after just over an hour of debate on the legislation. The bill required a simple majority ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is optimistic that congressional negotiators could reach a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in time to hold the first vote on it next week. The comments marked a ...

The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025. The final vote tally was 314-117 with 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats voting ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

The House on Wednesday voted to approve a bill that suspends the debt ceiling through Jan. 1, 2025, and reins in government spending. Its passage marks a step toward averting a potential default by ...

Washington — The House voted late Wednesday to approve legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and limit government spending, sending the measure to the Senate in a strong bipartisan vote that allayed ...

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said Sunday that President Joe Biden “doesn’t have to negotiate” over the debt ceiling, saying that “Republicans in the House, led by Kevin McCarthy, have passed the ...

House Republicans on Wednesday passed the rule governing debate on bipartisan legislation to lift the debt ceiling, a procedural hurdle that paves the way for final passage of the bill later in the ...

The House agreed to suspend the debt ceiling until 2025 on Wednesday in a decisive bipartisan vote on legislation negotiated by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden, amid a ...

A powerful bloc of House conservatives issued a list of demands in exchange for voting to raise the debt ceiling. The House Freedom Caucus demanded drastic federal budget cuts, work requirements for ...

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