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Debt limit drama

CQ Budget, Episode No. 279

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., must negotiate with Democrats and appease the GOP's right flank on a debt limit deal. — Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., must negotiate with Democrats and appease the GOP's right flank on a debt limit deal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson

Posted May 15, 2023 at 4:22pm

Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders this week for a second time. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September.

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