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This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military

Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act. Because the bill involves the military – a traditionally popular institution – it has historically received bipartisan support.

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Democrats respond to ‘MAGA extremists’ with rival election bill - Roll Call

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced an election overhaul package, in a rebuke to Republicans’ own measure.

Roll Call

Israeli president walks congressional tightrope as support frays

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will have his work cut out for him when he addresses Congress on Wednesday in a speech seen as an attempt at salvaging the decadeslong bipartisan tradition of staunch support for Israel that in recent years has shown signs of weakening.

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Israeli president walks congressional tightrope as support frays - Roll Call

The Israeli president will speak to Congress on Wednesday, an attempt to salvage the bipartisan support that has become frayed.

Roll Call

Joe Biden, on fundraising blitz for 2024 campaign, headlines 2 events in Chicago Wednesday

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, MK, and a group of trial lawyers are hosting fundraisers after Biden touts his economic record in a ‘Bidenomics’ speech in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Redistricting must wait until 2032: Dems need better candidates, not rigged lines, to win back the House

A lawyer for the Democrats argued with a straight face before five Albany appellate justices the other week that New York’s 26 current congressional districts were only an emergency solution to a (Democratic) violation of the state Constitution last year and that the lines should now be redrawn for the…

Tribune News Service

Texas Democrat leads renewed push in Congress to grant citizenship to DACA recipients

With support from several Republicans, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia hopes migrants brought illegally to the country as children can get out of “limbo.”

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Scoop: House Dems plan effort to put GOP moderates on the spot over abortion

Discharge petitions have emerged as the tactic of choice for Democrats.

Axios

6 months in, Hakeem Jeffries reflects on the debt ceiling drama and replacing Pelosi

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sat down with All Things Considered's Juana Summers to talk about the recent debt ceiling negotiations and what this says about the direction Congress is headed.

WEKU

Gaetz and Boebert vow to force McCarthy into ‘monogamous relationship’

Conservatives appear ready to attempt revolt after debt ceiling deal failure

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling: Senate races to wrap up Biden-McCarthy deal before default deadline

Fast action is vital if Washington is to meet next Monday’s deadline when Treasury has said the U.S. will start running short of cash to pay its bills, risking a devastating default.

Chicago Sun-Times

After sailing though House on bipartisan vote, Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal now goes to Senate

After sailing through the House on a bipartisan vote, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package now goes to the Senate

The Independent UK

House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate

The deal passed by a bipartisan coalition, despite pushback from conservatives and progressives, restricts spending for two years, suspends the debt ceiling until 2025 and imposes work rules for older people receiving food aid.

Chicago Sun-Times

House passes debt ceiling bill just days before deadline – as it happened

The bill has reached the crucial 218 threshold to pass – though some Republicans may attempt to derail the process

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US House passes bipartisan bill to raise debt ceiling, avoid default

Lawmakers agreed on a bill that looks to avoid a catastrophic default of the United States. The text will now go to the Senate for approval.

The Guardian - US

US House passes bill to suspend debt ceiling just days before default

With 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats supporting the measure, Biden has called on the Senate to quickly take up the legislation

Axios

House Democrats fracture on debt ceiling vote

“Fair to say that Chip Roy also spoke for most Democrats when he called the deal a ‘turd sandwich.'"

Salon

MAGA threatens McCarthy's speakership

Growing number of House Republicans threaten to use McCarthy's key concession to become speaker to remove him

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House to vote on McCarthy-Biden compromise debt deal, a key test for speaker

Lawmakers are working against the clock to avert an unprecedented debt default. The Treasury Department has said the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 5.

The Guardian - US

US debt ceiling: Republican hard-right vows to ‘do everything in our power’ to oppose bill

Freedom caucus denounces House leader Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling before the default deadline

The Independent UK

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial U.S. House vote

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid U.S. default; now it’s up to Congress

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden announce a deal to avert a default on June 5. The plan includes spending cuts that could anger some lawmakers.

France 24

Biden, McCarthy reach final deal on debt ceiling days before potential default

With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week.

Roll Call

Bipartisan debt limit package unveiled as clock ticks toward 'x date' - Roll Call

House GOP leaders released the legislative text of their deal with the White House to suspend the debt ceiling until 2025.

Axios

"Thread the needle": Party leaders sell divergent realities on debt ceiling deal

"Either side bragging too much about their wins scares people and costs votes."

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