Joe Biden hails ‘big win’ as bipartisan debt ceiling bill reaches his desk
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6C13S)
Compromise package to suspend debt ceiling passed US Senate late on Thursday with 63 votes to 36
The bipartisan bill to solve the US debt ceiling crisis just days before a catastrophic and unprecedented default was on its way to Joe Biden's desk on Friday as the US president prepared to address the nation and hailed a big win for our economy and the American people".
The compromise package negotiated between Biden and the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, passed the US Senate late on Thursday.
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