MORGANTOWN – The debt ceiling bill passed the U.S. Senate late Thursday evening and will head to the president's desk. The vote was 63-36 with four Democrats plus Bernie Sanders voting against it, along with 31 of the 49 Republicans. West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore ...
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the debt ceiling bill Wednesday evening and sent it across the Capitol to the Senate. The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 suspends the debt ceiling for two years, imposes some spending limits and enables completion of the Mountain ...
As the debt ceiling showdown moves toward the critical stages, a bipartisan House group has offered a path forward on another controversial issue: immigration. Last Tuesday, a handful of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber announced they would introduce the Dignity Act, ...
by Jackie Calmes Whether you’re for the demand by House Republicans for deep spending cuts as a condition for raising the nation’s debt ceiling or you’re against it, there are some things you should know in assessing their gambit. Perhaps the single most important fact ...
Sen. Joe Manchin prides himself on his bipartisanship, but when it comes to negotiations over the debt ceiling, he should not support House Republicans’ ransom demands. Manchin views himself as a deficit hawk, and he’s made it clear he’s displeased with President ...
Con(gress)man George Santos spent much of the day Wednesday in a federal building, but it wasn’t the Capitol where he casts votes and likes to make floor speeches. Instead Santos was out in the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Long Island being arraigned on 13 criminal counts by ...