The agency is being gutted at the same time that its revenue will determine how much longer the government can operate before ...

House Democrats are sending an early warning shot as the government’s borrowing window inches to a close: winning Democratic support for a debt-ceiling ... and see what we can horse-trade ...

Democrats say they are willing to work with Republicans on a debt ceiling increase, but not as a pretext to deliver tax cuts that they say will most help the wealthiest Americans at the expense of ...

Senate fiscal hawks are making a steep set of demands in negotiations over the debt ceiling ... “If we were confronted with the House proposal, I don’t know how I can vote for that ...

on Monday said Democrats shouldn’t help Republicans tackle ... Congress last suspended the debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the country’s bills, as part ...

and there’s possibly an avenue where we would have the debt ceiling in the government funding bill.” Such a plan, though, would mean GOP leaders — who can only afford to lose a couple of ...

and there’s lots of ways we can get there,” Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) said. “Debt ceiling becomes a leverage point.” Reforms to Medicaid are one possible avenue, with the House blueprint ...

Further complicating the debate is the looming battle over the debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary ... Our authors can publish views that we may or may not agree with, but they show their work ...

And he said a deadline could help pressure Congress to act. “We don’t do things without a deadline,” he said. If Republican congressional leaders attempted to pass a debt ceiling increase in ...

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have reached “consensus” on legislation that will increase the nation’s debt limit — while ... but it sounds like we will not be far apart ...

Including the debt ceiling ... “We have to bring stability to the market,” Johnson said earlier Tuesday, adding that negotiators need to give people certainty so they can “make decisions ...