The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid.
President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan is running into conflict on Capitol Hill.
Once a routine matter, raising the debt ceiling has become a political weapon of choice for Republicans in Washington since the 2011 arrival of tea party lawmakers who refused to allow the increase. At the time, they argued against more spending and the standoff triggered a fiscal crisis. Republican John Kennedy of Louisiana, whose state was battered by the hurricane and who is up for election next year, said he will likely vote for the increase. “My people desperately need the help,” he said.
Publicly, the White House has remained confident the legislation will pass soon, despite sharp differences among progressives and moderates in the party over the eventual size of the package and a companion $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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