The Greater Good: That’s the lesson now that the debt-limit deal has been approved by the U.S. House and Senate, economists say. Yes, some senators are angry about defense spending, work requirements ...

WASHINGTON —The House on Wednesday passed a Republican debt ceiling plan that includes $4.5 trillion in cuts and raises the debt ceiling until May 2024, but Democrats say it won't ward off a potential ...

This week marks the biggest test yet for the speakership of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. McCarthy needs to show that he can keep his members together to approve the Republican version of a ...

In June, I compiled a guide of nine things to know about the debt ceiling. Back then, Congress and the White House had eight weeks to reach an agreement before the Aug. 2 ...

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement in principle late Saturday to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling in an effort to avoid a potentially disastrous ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything ...

The speaker wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of one large budget reconciliation package. Trying to raise the debt limit in a massive reconciliation bill could completely derail an already messy ...

House Republican leaders are moving behind the scenes to get their conference behind a plan that would raise the debt ceiling for one year with a slew of cuts and revenue raisers, a move intended to ...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced on Monday that House Republicans will introduce their plan to address the debt ceiling on Tuesday. The official introduction will come one day ...

After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy briefed House Republicans on the outlines of a bill to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts and policy changes, lawmakers emerged seeking more ...