The House will reconvene on Tuesday to take up a three-month extension of the federal government’s borrowing authority, creating a year-end fiscal cliff that lawmakers must scramble to avert in December.

Late Thursday, the Senate celebrated the bipartisan passage of legislation that will raise the debt limit by $480 billion, providing the Treasury with the ability to borrow money until Dec. 3.

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