Senate Approves Filibuster Exception For Debt Ceiling

The Hill reports:

Fourteen Senate Republicans on Thursday helped advance a deal negotiated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to set up a one-time exemption to the filibuster on raising the debt ceiling.

Senators voted 64-36 to close debate on the bill, which also prevents automatic cuts faced by physicians and other medical providers under Medicare from taking effect.

Former President Trump knocked McConnell for not weaponizing the debt ceiling against Biden’s broader legislative agenda, saying that “the old crow is a disaster.”

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JUST IN: 14 GOP senators help advance McConnell debt limit deal https://t.co/QvnNWgBemS pic.twitter.com/Io3oFhe8u3

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U.S. Senate advances House-passed bill fast-tracking debt limit increase with only a simple majority in Senate, 64-36. pic.twitter.com/Dt4sh3znv1

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