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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
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is trying to unite his party around a bill pairing a debt limit increase with spending constraints. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The politics of raising the debt limit

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 14, 2023 at 4:11pm
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel unveiled a 10-year spending plan promising increased tax enforcement and improved customer service.

IRS funding in crosshairs

By David Lerman and Laura Weiss
Posted April 7, 2023 at 4:18pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pressed President Joe Biden to resume debt limit talks while pushing for $4 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade.

Debt limit pressure tactics

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 31, 2023 at 2:21pm
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, center, says a Republican budget will be delayed as the party pushes for debt limit talks.

Spending cuts standoff

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 24, 2023 at 2:38pm
White House budget director Shalanda Young defended the president’s fiscal 2024 budget before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

GOP’s budget attack

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 17, 2023 at 3:31pm
President Joe Biden has called for tax hikes on upper-income households to shore up Medicare and help reduce projected deficits.

Dissecting Biden’s budget

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 10, 2023 at 2:26pm