BREAKING: The Senate passed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling and limit spending, sending it to President Biden's desk.
, despite opposition from some conservatives and progressives. In total, 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats supported the measure, while 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats opposed it.
"I wanted to make history," McCarthy said Wednesday after the final vote."I wanted to do something no other Congress has done, that we would literally turn the ship and for the first time in quite some time, we'd spend less than we spent the year before. Tonight, we all made history." House Rules Committee
On Wednesday, it appeared in danger of failing again when nearly 30 Republicans voted against a procedural measure that allowed the bill to move ahead to a final vote, but Democrats stepped in to provide the needed votes.
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