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The Latest Breaking News on The death of a "small government' GOP

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power

The Independent UK

House grinds to halt as GOP rebels push McCarthy for new deal

McCarthy's detractors are pushing to renegotiate their deal from January.

Axios

Debt deal's (surprising) biggest losers

Has Kevin McCarthy somehow defanged the House Freedom Caucus?

Salon

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U.S. House paralyzed as conservative Republicans' fight with McCarthy drags on

House lawmakers won't vote until Monday after a bloc of Freedom Caucus members torpedoed GOP legislation in an effort to express dissatisfaction with House leadership.

WEKU

Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor

The Independent UK

House approves the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill as default deadline looms

The House overwhelmingly approved the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 Wednesday evening on a 314-117 vote. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will need 60 votes before it would go to Biden.

WEKU

MAGA threatens McCarthy's speakership

Growing number of House Republicans threaten to use McCarthy's key concession to become speaker to remove him

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House to vote on McCarthy-Biden compromise debt deal, a key test for speaker

Lawmakers are working against the clock to avert an unprecedented debt default. The Treasury Department has said the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 5.

WEKU

First Thing: Debt ceiling deal clears first hurdle and advances for debate

The committee voted 7-6 to allow debate by the full chamber with expected vote on passage today. Plus, the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes

The Guardian - UK

McCarthy's magic number on the debt ceiling deal

The number of votes the bill gets from each party could signal who made the better deal.

Axios

Freedom Caucus promises "reckoning" over McCarthy's debt ceiling deal

"The Republican conference has been torn asunder."

Axios

Conservatives Rage Against Debt Ceiling Bill: 'Not One Republican Should Vote for This'

But a lot of Republicans probably will.

Reason

Far-right members threaten a 'reckoning' over McCarthy's debt limit deal

McCarthy, who struck a compromise deal to avoid a debt default, faces criticism from members of his own conference and a potential threat that could oust him as speaker. He says his job is secure.

WEKU

GOP leaders bullish on debt ceiling vote despite rebellion

Conservatives and fiscal hawks say the bill doesn't cut spending enough.

Axios

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Axios

Biden and McCarthy tout "historic" debt ceiling deal to a divided Congress

Some conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats have criticized the deal.

Axios

McCarthy and Biden's debt ceiling plan faces a big test

The stakes are especially high for McCarthy, whose survival as speaker could be at stake.

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling tests McCarthy, as GOP speaker rides breezily through fight of his career

Kevin McCarthy was never Washington’s bet to become House speaker

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default

With the outlines of a deal in place, the legislative package could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for votes early next week in the House and later in the Senate.

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White House and McCarthy move to lock down votes after striking deal to avoid default

The leaders' breakthrough comes after weeks of negotiations and a series of on-and-off talks. The U.S. is set to run out of money to pay its loans on June 5 if a deal is not approved by Congress.

Roll Call

Debt limit vibe back on the upswing after White House meeting - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that negotiations to lift the statutory debt limit are going better than they had been a day earlier.

Axios

Congress braces for grueling week as debt deadline nears

"I think we all know we're going to have to have our schedules in pencil."

Axios

Biden and McCarthy's shared debt ceiling math problem

“It’s one thing to strike a deal, then you got to pass it."

The Independent UK

Who's who in the debt limit fight: Meet the four negotiators who could save the US from default

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are turning to a select group of negotiators to help broker a deal to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avoid the economic carnage that would ensue if a deal is not reached soon

Roll Call

Debt limit talks pared down to proxies for Biden, McCarthy - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday tapped proxies to negotiate directly over how to increase the debt limit.

Axios

Democrats float scheme to protect McCarthy from debt ceiling revolt

A McCarthy spokesperson said he has "zero interest" in the "garbage" effort.

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