“A bipartisan deal to suspend the government debt ceiling and set federal funding limits was headed on Tuesday toward climactic House votes, even as hard-right Republicans revolted over the deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden, claiming that their party was squandering an opportunity to force fundamental spending changes,” the New York Times reports.
“The legislation scaled its first major obstacle on Tuesday night, when the House Rules Committee voted to clear the way for a debate on the plan on Wednesday, after right-wing opponents failed to muster enough allies to block it.”
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