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Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from right, and vice chair Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, pledged bipartisanship but clashed over subcommittee allocations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Spending allocations clash

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 23, 2023 at 4:24pm
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland accused Republicans of reneging on bipartisan spending levels set in a debt limit deal.

Partisan clash on spending and taxes

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted June 16, 2023 at 3:17pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and members of the House Freedom Caucus sought new concessions from GOP leadership after a rift over the debt limit deal.

Conservatives revolt

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 9, 2023 at 4:49pm
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, the top Senate GOP appropriator, won a commitment to take up a supplemental spending bill as part of her consent to a debt limit deal with defense spending caps.

Implications of the debt limit deal

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 2, 2023 at 2:51pm
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., must beat back opposition to a bipartisan debt limit deal from his party's right flank. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Debt limit deal explained

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 30, 2023 at 12:58pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says negotiators must reach a deal this week to raise the debt limit.

Spending caps struggle

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 22, 2023 at 3:16pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., must negotiate with Democrats and appease the GOP's right flank on a debt limit deal.

Debt limit drama

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted May 15, 2023 at 4:22pm
President Joe Biden will meet with the top four congressional leaders in their first formal talks on raising the debt limit.

Presidential engagement

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 5, 2023 at 12:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed to pursue a "clean" debt limit increase that rejects GOP spending cuts.

Search for debt limit compromise

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted April 28, 2023 at 2:22pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., faces a test of his leadership as he tries to shepherd a bill to lift the debt limit to House passage.

Test of unity

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted April 21, 2023 at 2:15pm