WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden will speak to the nation Friday night now that the government has avoided default. In a bipartisan vote, the Senate passed the debt limit bill Thursday night. All that’s needed now is President Biden’s ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy have been trying to sell their debt ceiling plan to skeptical lawmakers in both parties, urging them to support the bipartisan deal that would raise the nation’s debt limit while ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The next step in raising the debt ceiling happens Tuesday. That’s when the House Rules Committee will consider the deal reached over the weekend by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The agreement would ...
WASHINGTON D.C. (NBC) – The pressure to raise the debt ceiling is growing more intense as the June 1st deadline approaches. Jobs, the country’s reputation, and the future of the economy are all on the line. Two sides say they ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The nation’s critical debt ceiling is set to expire at the end of the month. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told NBC News that early June is a “hard deadline” for the U.S. to pay its bills. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden and House Republicans are still locked in a standoff over the debt limit with just over two weeks until the treasury secretary says the U.S. will run out of money to pay its bills. ...
NEW YORK CITY (NBC) – With just weeks to go before the country defaults on its bills, President Biden met with the four congressional leaders to discuss the debt ceiling. Both sides are standing firm, with Democrats wanting to lift ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Tuesday. Yellen said she believes the impact of Congress not acting on the debt limit ...