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Mike Johnson, Democrats and debt limit

Mike Johnson plans to use reconciliation to circumvent Democrats on debt limit fight

The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans include it in the government spending deal.

Washington Times · 25m

Speaker Johnson wants debt limit hike in budget package, doesn’t want help from Democrats

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to include one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities inside a colossal border and tax bill, a debt limit hike that will be hard to draw Republican support.

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Mike Johnson Gives Donald Trump New Deadline for Reconciliation Bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out the timeline for a reconciliation bill during an appearance on a Sunday morning news show.

Biden, medical debt

USA TODAY on MSN · 2h

New Biden rule would remove medical debt from millions of credit reports

The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports.

al.com · 3h

Credit report change: Some bad debt no longer allowed on credit reports, according to new rule

A new rule will prohibit a certain type of bad debt from appearing on credit reports. The rule, announced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, prohibits unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports used to determine if people qualify for loans on things like homes and autos.

Axios Vitals on MSN · 4h

Biden admin finalizes rule to ban medical debt from credit reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday finalized a new rule banning medical debt from being included on credit reports. Why it matters: The policy will remove medical debt from about 15 million Americans' credit reports,

23mon MSN

Debt-Ceiling Fight Has New X Factor: Trump

Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.

32mon MSN

Speaker Johnson: ‘Intention’ is to increase debt limit in massive Trump agenda bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a ...

8don MSN

Trump attacks 'dumbest' 2023 debt limit extension

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

Politico8d

Why the debt fight is going to get even worse next year

GOP leaders are staring down two bad options to solve President-elect Donald Trump’s debt-limit problem, after failing to execute his demand to lift the federal borrowing cap in the last ...

5don MSNOpinion

Opinion - Does the United States need a debt limit?

The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

10d

Yellen Says Treasury to Hit New Debt Limit in Mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...

Yahoo Finance2d

Why Trump is antsy about the coming debt ceiling fight

But the clock is nevertheless now ticking, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently outlining the steps ahead for the debt limit and noting that so-called "extraordinary measures" could begin ...