The debt ceiling compromise bill sailed to passage in the House on Wednesday evening. The House voted 314-117 after just over an hour of debate on the legislation. The bill required a simple majority ...

Leaders in the Senate have said they want to act quickly to OK the legislation. The House on Wednesday night approved a bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling while cutting some government spending ...

The White House is refusing to negotiate with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, a risky position that Democrats think is a political winner, but that also reflects their scars from previous ...

House Democrats have taken their first procedural steps to try to force a House vote on a clean debt ceiling increase, multiple Democratic leadership aides tell CBS News, a long-shot effort that is ...