StoryGraph Biggest Story 2021-12-08 -- ease passage of debt limit hike (8), raising debt (5), enough gop support (5), adam kinzinger (5), vote debt (4)
Just One Republican Voted To Keep The US From Defaulting
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) was the only Republican in the House who voted to keep the U.S. from defaulting.
Schumer tees up key Thursday vote on debt deal
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday night teed up a key vote on a deal struck with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to raise the debt ceiling with only Democratic votes.
House approves bill to ease passage of debt limit hike
The House late Tuesday passed legislation that paves the way for Congress to raise the debt limit in the coming days — and prevent an unprecedented federal default — by allowing Democrats to circumvent a GOP filibuster in the Senate.
House Passes Legislation to Pave Way for Debt Ceiling Increase
The bill would provide a one-time pathway for the Senate to raise the debt ceiling on a simple majority vote, skirting Republican obstruction.
House passes new debt ceiling plan after McConnell cuts deal with Democrats
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have reached an agreement to create a one-time process that would let Democrats raise the debt ceiling on their votes alone, a deal that underscores the lengths the GOP leader will go to avoid a damaging default without Republican support to increase the national borrowing limit.
House passes workaround to move forward on raising the debt ceiling
The vote creates a path for Congress to prevent the government from defaulting on more than $29 trillion in debt.
House Republicans seethe over Senate GOP's debt deal
Mitch McConnell's deal on the debt ceiling is just the latest example of the Senate GOP working with Democrats, to the scorn of House Republicans.
House Democrats on Tuesday evening passed a bill that would set up a process for a debt ceiling hike with a simple majority vote in the Senate. This fast-track procedure that includes Medicare legislation will expire by January 16 and can only be used one time. The bill passed the House 222-212 – with RINO…
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