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| Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. | Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. |
| 1. The House passed a Republican bill to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. | 1. The House passed a Republican bill to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. |
| The chamber’s Republican leadership pulled together enough support to narrowly pass the legislation late this afternoon. The bill aims to unravel major elements of President Biden’s domestic agenda in an bid to force him to negotiate over government spending — or risk a catastrophic debt default. | The chamber’s Republican leadership pulled together enough support to narrowly pass the legislation late this afternoon. The bill aims to unravel major elements of President Biden’s domestic agenda in an bid to force him to negotiate over government spending — or risk a catastrophic debt default. |
| The legislation, which is dead on arrival in the Senate, would raise the debt ceiling for one year in exchange for freezing spending at last year’s levels for a decade — a nearly 14-percent cut. The bill would also roll back parts of Biden’s landmark health, climate and tax law, impose work requirements on social programs, and expand mining and fossil fuel production. | The legislation, which is dead on arrival in the Senate, would raise the debt ceiling for one year in exchange for freezing spending at last year’s levels for a decade — a nearly 14-percent cut. The bill would also roll back parts of Biden’s landmark health, climate and tax law, impose work requirements on social programs, and expand mining and fossil fuel production. |
| Republican leaders have framed the legislation as an opening offer to Democrats and a way to get the White House to come to the negotiating table. | |
| In other politics news, the Montana House voted to bar a transgender lawmaker from the House floor for the remainder of the legislative session. |