Senate Votes to Temporarily Raise Debt Ceiling, House to Vote Tuesday

11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) walks to a lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Senate late Thursday voted to approve a short-term increase to the federal debt ceiling by $480 billion through Dec. 3.

The debt ceiling already stands at $28.4 trillion and the bill would lift the debt limit to $28.9 trillion.