US debt ceiling

President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act on June 3, suspending the debt ceiling for 19 months and bringing a months-long political battle to a close. The legislation negotiated ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is no longer the underrated leader of the House of Representatives. After encountering ...

The Senate ended the threat of a U.S. default on its financial obligations by passing the Fiscal Responsibility ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed on June 1 to keep the upper chamber in session so ...

The Fiscal Responsibility Act cleared its last procedural hurdle, paving the way for an up-or-down vote on the ...

The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 resulted from a good-faith effort on both sides of the negotiating table ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen revised the projected X-date for the budget ceiling to June 5, pushing back the ...

As negotiators zero in on the details of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, some Republican representatives ...

As negotiators are nearing an agreement to increase the nation’s debt ceiling, conservative House Republicans have urged House ...

Democrats took the offensive in the battle for public opinion concerning the debt ceiling, taking their message to ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vented frustration over President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to reduce federal discretionary spending in ...

Talks over raising the U.S. debt limit ahead of the June 1 deadline have stalled over the issue ...

News Analysis Alexander Hamilton, the 32-year-old wunderkind serving as secretary of the Treasury, proposed a bold plan to ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden clearly defined their areas of disagreement over raising the ...

Democrats are addicted to spending, and that must be stopped, according to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The ...

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet on May 22 for in-person talks on ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has the upper hand in negotiations with President Joe Biden on raising the ...

Members of the House Freedom Caucus have urged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Republicans to “use ...

A group of Democratic senators has said they will not support any deal on raising the debt ceiling ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) expects to bring a deal on raising the federal debt ceiling before the ...

President Joe Biden expressed optimism that the United States won't default on its financial obligations and that an ...

Several Republican senators expressed solidarity with their House colleagues in support of the Limit, Save, Grow Act at ...

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) have delegated primary negotiations over raising the debt ceiling ...

The Biden administration turned up the heat on budget ceiling negotiations set for May 16 by releasing a ...

President Joe Biden is optimistic about reaching an agreement with congressional Republicans on the nation’s debt ceiling. A ...

Members of U.S. Congress should not get paid unless the debt limit crisis has been raised, said Rep. ...

Average U.S. diesel prices have declined, while gas prices declined for the third consecutive week. The national average ...