Schumer Sets Vote to Lift Debt Ceiling

“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set up a vote by Wednesday on increasing the federal government’s borrowing ceiling, but didn’t lay out how Democrats planned to pass a bill without Republican votes,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Punchbowl News: “There’s one thing in Washington you should be paying attention to right now — the rapidly worsening political conflict over lifting the debt limit. The situation is alarming, there’s no other way to put it.”