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House passes 'clean' debt ceiling bill [View all]
Source: Washington Post
The House passed a yearlong suspension of the Treasury’s debt limit Tuesday in a vote that left Republicans once again ceding control to Democrats, following a collapse in support for an earlier proposal advanced by GOP leaders. Just enough Republicans joined with nearly all Democrats to approve a “clean” extension of the federal government’s borrowing authority — one without strings attached — sending the legislation to the Senate for a possible final vote later this week.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-gop-leaders-will-bring-clean-debt-ceiling-bill/2014/02/11/1544cf8a-9338-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html?hpid=z1
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