The House of Representatives is on track to vote Wednesday night on a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, as Congress races to prevent a catastrophic default. If the House passes the bill tonight as expected, it would next need to be passed by the Senate before it can be… Read More
Negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans had a second extended negotiating session late into last night, in addition to the one that lasted four hours in the afternoon. A debt limit deal is still not yet close for House Republicans and the White House as House members leave Washington and the risk of… Read More
As negotiations on the debt ceiling continue, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and President Joe Biden met again on Monday but are still short of a deal to avoid a U.S. debt default that could come as soon as June 1st. Among items still being negotiated in this fluid process are reportedly a Republican compromise on… Read More
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said Wednesday that he is optimistic that congressional negotiators could reach a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in time to hold a House vote on it next week. Negotiators are aiming to hammer out an agreement before President Joe Biden’s scheduled return to Washington on Sunday from… Read More
House Democrats pushed forward on Wednesday with a procedural move that could force a vote to increase the debt limit should negotiations between President Joe Biden and Republicans collapse, despite signs of progress in the bipartisan talks. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), wrote to his colleagues urging them to quickly sign a discharge… Read More
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter on Monday to Congressional Leadership saying that the United States is still projected to exhaust all options to keep paying the country’s bills as early as June 1st, leaving Congress with fewer than three weeks to avert a potential worst-case scenario. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin… Read More
The Senate is considering two CRA resolutions en bloc: S.J.Res.23, Critical Habitat, and S.J.Res.24, Northern Long-Eared Bat CRA. The Biden Administration opposes passage of the joint resolution that would limit the ability of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species under… Read More
With the House and Senate only scheduled to be in session for seven days at the same time prior to June 1st, President Joe Biden finally met with House and Senate leadership to discuss raising the debt ceiling, and little progress was made, but the president did leave the door open to solving the crisis… Read More
The Senate Budget committee is holding a hearing that Democrats have dubbed the “The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals,” where senators are discussing the House bill to raise the debt ceiling that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has said is “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Among the… Read More
House Democrats began a process Tuesday that could allow them to bypass the chamber’s Republican leaders in passing legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, if they can get a handful of GOP members to join the effort. In a letter to colleagues, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said the maneuver “preserves an… Read More
