Author: Tony Romm
Democrats unveil new plan to fund government, suspend debt ceiling as major showdown with GOP looms
Lawmakers must prevent a shutdown, authorize new aid to help those affected by two deadly hurricanes and raise a statutory limit that allows Washington to rack up debts to pay its bills, all the while advancing Biden’s $4 trillion agenda.
Democrats confront numerous hurdles as they work to advance $3.5 trillion economic package
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s declaration that lawmakers have less time to raise or suspend the statutory limit on federal borrowing threatened to turn up the political heat on Congress in what already is a jam-packed month.