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Schumer projects debt ceiling optimism as progressives fret about deal

By Samantha-Jo Roth
Published May 19, 2023 9:15am ET
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Schumer projects debt ceiling optimism as progressives fret about deal
WASHINGTON - MAY 17: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., attend the portrait is unveiling for former Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., in National Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.


Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered a glimmer of hope about a deal to raise the debt ceiling, emphasizing that enough progress has been made that senators might need to come back from recess next week.

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