Key US Republican Hern says debt-ceiling deal ‘likely’ by tomorrow afternoon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Kevin Hern, who leads the largest Republican caucus, said on Thursday that he believed a deal to raise the nation’s debt-ceiling deal was “likely” by Friday afternoon.…
Republican Speaker McCarthy opposes extending debt-ceiling through fiscal year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday he opposes the idea of extending the nation’s debt-ceiling through the end of the fiscal year on Sept.…
Analysis-Why Republican presidential hopefuls are keeping out of US debt-ceiling squabble
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is the one topic that everyone on Capitol Hill is talking about and yet hundreds of miles away, on the plains of…
Factbox-What’s in the US House Republicans’ debt-ceiling spending-cut bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that pairs $4.8 trillion of spending cuts with an increase in the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. It…
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers preparing plan to avert debt-ceiling crisis
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is preparing a plan to defuse a looming crisis over the nation’s debt ceiling by changing it from a fixed…
Analysis-Investors brace for U.S. debt-ceiling fight after House speaker saga
By Lewis Krauskopf and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tumultuous start for the new U.S. Congress has some investors worried about what could be a prolonged battle over raising the…
Republicans’ debt-ceiling plans are ‘reckless’ White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans’ plans to use the debt ceiling to pressure Congress to cut government spending are “reckless,” the White house said Tuesday, and could threaten the U.S. economy. Any…
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