Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

This year, the impasse shows no signs of easing ahead of this summer’s deadline for action.

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way to step back from the brink before markets began to panic and the nation risked a dangerous default on its debt. But this year’s fight has a different feel, some lawmakers say. A new Republican majority in the House is itching for a spending showdown, and determined not to yield. They bla…

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way to step back from the brink before markets began to panic and the nation risked a dangerous default on its debt.

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

WASHINGTON — Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way to step back from the brink

Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

US News: The new Republican majority in the House, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is unwilling to pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase, blaming federal spendin