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Debt ceiling compromise with Biden administration shatters House GOP’s honeymoon

By David Sivak
Published June 2, 2023 4:15am ET
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Debt ceiling compromise with Biden administration shatters House GOP’s honeymoon
The same debt ceiling standoff that brought House Republicans to the height of party unity eventually tore them apart after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached a deal with the White House to pass modest spending cuts. For months, unity meant steering the House GOP conference sharply to the right. McCarthy, leading a threadbare, four-seat majority, […]

The same debt ceiling standoff that brought House Republicans to the height of party unity eventually tore them apart after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached a deal with the White House to pass modest spending cuts.

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