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 ...

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 ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday unveiled his party’s highly-anticipated debt ceiling proposal, saying he's willing to lift the limit by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024 — whichever ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...