House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill That GOP Vows to Block in Senate
- Republicans say Democrats must raise ceiling on their own
- Standoff continues as clock ticks toward deadline for default
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The House passed stand-alone legislation to suspend the federal debt limit through December 2022, but the bill is expected to go nowhere in the Senate in the face of solid Republican opposition.
The measure passed on a mostly party-line vote of 219-212.