Senate Republicans say any plan to raise the debt ceiling will need to originate in the House, leaving negotiations to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he faces a push by his right flank to demand ...

A deal for where the U.S. debt limit will move, for now, could be ready for President Joe Biden's desk soon. Senators wrapped up voting late on Thursday night preparing the legislation to be ready for ...

Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed bill to suspend the debt limit and avert a government shutdown from advancing in the Senate on Monday. The move comes after Republicans had insisted that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that ...

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North Carolina’s senators remained divided Thursday on extending the country’s debt ceiling as the U.S. Senate passed a bill to extend it through Jan. 1, 2025. Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from ...

The House passed a bill Tuesday that would both prevent a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit in a step toward preventing possible economic calamity. The chamber approved the plan in a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Senate Democrats are vocally unenthused with ...

There is a new offer on the table in Congress tonight — a potential pathway out of the impasse between Democrats and Republicans over raising the federal debt limit. The consequences of a default ...