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The debt ceiling is routinely raised to accommodate repayment of the country’s debt. The last time it was raised was in 2021. The debt ceiling was suspended last June.
Instead of lifting the debt limit before Trump takes office, Republicans are considering a handshake deal promising to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion early next year and cull future ...
In 1917, when it was financing World War I with Liberty Bonds, Congress instituted a limit on US borrowing and the debt ceiling evolved from there as US debt has grown and grown and grown.
The president-elect had also hoped to include an agreement that would scrap the debt ceiling in an effort to grease the wheels for major items on his agenda, including massive tax cuts that would ...
The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of debt the government can accrue. In order to pay its bills to those it borrowed from and dole out money for everything from ...
Trump told ABC News' Jonathan Karl Thursday morning that there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates the debt ceiling or extends the limit on government borrowing before he ...
Bill passed after senators rejected 11 proposed amendments
The debt ceiling compromise bill sailed to passage in the House on Wednesday evening. The House voted 314-117 after just over an hour of debate on the legislation. The bill required a simple ...