Senate Democrats vote to raise nation’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion

Published December 14, 2021 10:00pm ET



Senate Democrats voted Tuesday to lift the nation’s debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion, providing enough money to extend federal borrowing authority beyond the 2022 midterm elections.

Democrats passed the measure unilaterally in an unusual agreement with Republicans, who refused to vote for a long-term increase in the debt limit in protest of Democrats’ spending legislation. The vote passed 50-49 with one Republican abstention.

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