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 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 ...

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 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 ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday rejected the House-passed bill to raise the debt ceiling and trim federal spending, and said Senate Democrats would hold a series of hearings on ...

Congress first met in New York City’s Federal Hall on March 4, 1789. House Republicans found their own "vagabond shoes" were "longing to stray" this week. They headed to New York City to "be a part of ...

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 ...

With just one more day to corral Republican support on a debt ceiling agreement, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) faced growing opposition from far-right members of his party but remained ...

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 ...