Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

June 2023

Source: The New York Times
Jun 1, 2023
House Passes Debt Limit Bill in Bipartisan Vote to Avert Default
Read More

May 2023

Source: Reuters
May 31, 2023
A June Skip Jumps to the Fore Following Latest Fed Comments
Read More
Source: AP News
May 31, 2023
House Debt Ceiling Vote Nears to Avert Default With Biden and McCarthy Both Confident of Passage
Read More
Source: Roll Call
May 30, 2023
Debt Limit Deal Clears Key Hurdle; More Land Mines Await
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 30, 2023
Debt Limit Deal Clears 1st Hurdle as McCarthy Works to Tamp Down Dissent
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 29, 2023
Debt Ceiling Deal: Here Is What’s in and What’s Out
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 29, 2023
Why Spending Cuts Likely Won’t Shake the Economy
Read More
Source: Roll Call
May 28, 2023
Bipartisan Debt Limit Package Unveiled as Clock Ticks Toward ‘X Date’
Read More
Source: POLITICO
May 26, 2023
Where the Debt Talks Stand Six Days Before Default Deadline
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 25, 2023
White House and G.O.P. Close in on Deal to Raise Debt Limit and Cut Spending
Read More
Source: NPR
May 25, 2023
5 Things People Get Wrong About the Debt Ceiling Saga
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 24, 2023
GOP Unites in Brinkmanship Over Default, Rejecting Biden Compromises
Read More
Source: POLITICO
May 24, 2023
Fitch Warns of Possible Credit Downgrade With Debt Limit Deadlock
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 24, 2023
Potential Debt Ceiling Deal Would Barely Change Federal Spending Path
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 23, 2023
As Funds Run Short, Treasury Asks Agencies if Payments Can Be Made Later
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 22, 2023
Debt Limit Negotiators Debate Spending Caps to Break Standoff
Read More
Source: POLITICO
May 22, 2023
Biden-McCarthy Meeting Ends ‘Better’ — but With No Clear Path to Deal
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 18, 2023
When Will the U.S. Run Out of Cash? The Answer Is Complicated.
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 17, 2023
The Negotiators Hammering Out a Debt Ceiling Deal
Read More
Source: POLITICO
May 17, 2023
Why a Debt Limit Deal Could Sink the Financial Markets
Read More
Source: POLITICO
May 17, 2023
‘A Better Process’ but Not Much Progress: Where Debt Talks Stand After Tuesday’s Meeting
Read More
Source: The Washington Post
May 16, 2023
Negotiators See Progress on Debt Ceiling, as Biden’s Liberal Allies Worry
Read More
Source: Roll Call
May 16, 2023
Debt Limit Talks Pared Down to Proxies for Biden, McCarthy
Read More
Source: The New York Times
May 16, 2023
Biden and McCarthy Set for More Talks as Debt Limit Deadline Nears
Read More
Source: The Wall Street Journal
May 16, 2023
Tentative Progress but No Deal Ahead of Biden Debt-Ceiling Meeting
Read More

Bipartisan Policymaking under Divided Government

We asked experts with diverse views from across the political spectrum to share their perspectives.

More

National Debt Clock

See the latest numbers and learn more about the causes of our high and rising debt.

More