House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate
LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press
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President Joe Biden waves after talking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday before traveling to Colorado to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives to lead the House Democratic Caucus before Wednesday's vote on the debt limit deal in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speak Tuesday in Washington as members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus talk about the debt limit deal.
LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.
President Joe Biden waves after talking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday before traveling to Colorado to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives to lead the House Democratic Caucus before Wednesday's vote on the debt limit deal in Washington.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speak Tuesday in Washington as members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus talk about the debt limit deal.
