House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill in Bipartisan Vote, Moves to Senate

The United States flag at the dome of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on May 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. House of Representatives inched the country away from financial default by passing a temporary suspension of the nation’s debt ceiling.

Members approved a compromise in the debt ceiling standoff negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a bipartisan vote of 314 to 117 on May 31. Forty-six Democrats and 71 Republicans voted against the bill.