“The House on Wednesday narrowly passed Republicans’ bill to raise the debt ceiling while cutting spending and unraveling major elements of President Biden’s domestic agenda, in a GOP bid to force the president to negotiate over spending cuts or risk a catastrophic debt default,” the New York Times reports.
The vote was 217 to 215 with four Republicans voting with Democrats: Reps. Andy Biggs, Tim Burchett, Ken Buck and Matt Gaetz.
However, even Republicans conceded that their legislation was headed nowhere. President Biden has threatened to veto it, and the measure is dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate.
Said Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Punchbowl News: “We’ve done our job. I sat down with the president on Feb. 1, he ignored us the rest of the time. He treats it just like the border.”
