Just after noon today, the Senate easily passed the debt ceiling deal bill, 74-26. The House of Representatives passed the bill last night, and the president will presumably sign the bill today, the deadline set by the Treasury Department for raising the debt ceiling to avoid a default.

Forty-six Democrats (including independent Joe Lieberman) voted yes, as did 28 Republicans. Seven Democrats (including independent Socialist Bernie Sanders) voted no, along with 19 Republicans.

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