Senate Approves Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Pact, Days Before Treasury Runs Out of Cash
The bipartisan vote, 63-36, like the House tally yesterday, relies on centrists in both parties — though Democrats offer the bulk of support in both chambers.
WASHINGTON — The Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline that threatened a federal default.
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