House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says replacing Nancy Pelosi is like following after Michael Jordan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says replacing Nancy Pelosi is like following after Michael Jordan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York
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Senate brushes against default deadline as it moves toward a final debt ceiling vote
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images As
'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at
Legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending moves to the Senate
NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Bharat Ramamurti, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, about the passage in the House of the bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling. Source link
The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today
Former President Eisenhower, addresses the nation on the American intervention in Formosa (now Taiwan) in an undated archival picture. Eisenhower was involved in the country’s first debt ceiling fight when he asked Congress to raise the limit by $15 billion. The Senate refused, ushering the first tussle over the country’s
Don't believe the hype: Low-key lawmakers helped avert a debt ceiling crisis
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images In
House debates the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill as default deadline looms
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters as he walks to the House floor for a procedural vote ahead of the final vote for H.R. 3746 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on May 31. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Speaker of the
What to know about the Mountain Valley Pipeline in the debt ceiling deal
The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch 303 miles, from West Virginia to North Carolina. This 2018 file photo shows a section of downed trees on a ridge near homes along the pipeline’s route in Lindside, W.Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Helber/AP The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch
CBO says debt ceiling deal would cut deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next decade
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2023. The House is set to vote on a debt deal on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members
Yellen sets new deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling: June 5
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during an open session of the Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2023. Yellen said on Friday Congress would need to raise the debt ceiling by June 5 or the country could run out