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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

That’s a choice Ruth Rodriquez often has to make for her family since losing the extra food stamp benefits provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have been drinking a lot of coffee and a lot of ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers drafted a debt ceiling proposal that would help the country avoid defaulting on its loans and would act as a backup plan if House Republicans and President Joe Biden ...

The department has a plan to build on modular modernization advances piloted in New Jersey, but provisions in the debt ceiling compromise legislation could claw back funding pledged in the American ...

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 ...

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 ...

The House passed the debt ceiling bill Wednesday night just days ahead of the June 5 deadline to avoid a catastrophic U.S. default. McCarthy suggests he'll push for more cuts and work requirements now ...

Some Republicans say they want to use negotiations on the limit to cut spending. Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he opposes eliminating the debt ceiling, the financial ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) debt-ceiling spending plan–which takes aim at some small-business benefits–passed the House this week, setting up negotiations with the Senate as the country ...