Democrats cleared legislation Wednesday to raise the statutory debt limit by $2.5 trillion, an amount intended to give the Treasury Department enough borrowing room to make it past the midterm elections and into 2023.
The House voted 221-209 to send the measure to President Joe Biden.
The vote came shortly after midnight after the Senate voted along party lines, 50-49, Tuesday afternoon to send the measure to the House.
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