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The House Budget Committee advanced legislation that would create a bipartisan fiscal commission to curb the growth of federal debt.

​Weeks of infighting among House Republicans opened a lane for their fourth-round draft pick to claim the gavel Wednesday.

The plan would gradually raise the age at which future retirees can start claiming full Social Security benefits from 67 to 69.

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy plan to meet Monday afternoon to discuss how to raise the debt limit after a weekend of negotiations by proxies left each side accusing the other of throwing up new roadblocks to a deal.

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy meet Monday to discuss how to raise the debt limit after a weekend of talks by proxies.

Republican leaders agreed to make several substantive changes to their debt limit increase measure in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington said Congress needs to lift the debt ceiling and impose fiscal controls “immediately".

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday wrote to President Joe Biden asking him to set a date for their next negotiating meeting on the debt limit by the end of the week.

WASHINGTON — A House budget resolution will be delayed in part to allow for negotiations with President Joe Biden on a debt limit increase paired with some sort of concessions on spending and other policies acceptable to Republicans, according to House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington.