JUST IN: Senate Majority Leader Schumer announces agreement to extend the debt limit through early December, temporarily ending a partisan standoff just 11 days before the government's deadline to avert default.
through early December, temporarily ending a partisan standoff just 11 days before the government's deadline to avert default.The deal would raise the limit by $480 billion, which is the figure U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says is needed to get to Dec. 3, according to a Senate aide.
The agreement could serve as the basis for a short-term fix as the nation faces an Oct. 18 deadline to lift the limit. A vote on the agreement is possible Thursday and would need 60 votes to prevent what the Treasury Department warns would be an economic calamity if the country defaults for the first time."Republican and Democratic members and staff negotiated through the night in good faith," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.
"This will moot Democrats’ excuses about the time crunch they created and give the unified Democratic government more than enough time to pass standalone debt limit legislation through reconciliation," McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.
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