On Wednesday, the House voted by a 314–117 margin in favor of H.R. 3746, which, if signed into law, would raise the debt limit for two years and cut spending on some discretionary programs. That bill ...

*(CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a debt limit deal that will be in effect through January 1, 2025. It was a way for lawmakers to prevent a ...

After a week of internal sniping, House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation in a 217-215 vote that would slash federal spending and extend the government’s borrowing authority into next year ...

But the changes are pared down from the House-passed debt ceiling bill. Work requirements already exist for most able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 49. The bill would phase in higher age ...

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., testifies Tuesday as the House Rules Committee prepared the debt limit bill, The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, for a vote on the floor, ...

The House on Wednesday passed a Republican plan to suspend the U.S. borrowing limit until mid-May, postponing a fiscal standoff that could have torpedoed the U.S. economy and further damaged the GOP‘s ...

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans as he pushes his sweeping debt ceiling package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April ...

WASHINGTON -- Seeking to strike a reassuring tone despite days of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that he's had several "productive conversations" with House Speaker Kevin ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly has been waiting for Boehner's plan to run its course in the House before working on a compromise with Reid, but Associated Press' Andrew Taylor ...