US House Passes Trump-Backed Spending and Debt Limit Bill

US House Passes Trump-Backed Spending and Debt Limit Bill
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing the White House en route West Virginia in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019. Mary F. Calvert/REUTERS
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on July 25 passed legislation touted by President Donald Trump that would accelerate rising federal budget deficits and suspend limits on Washington’s borrowing powers over the next two years.

By a bipartisan vote of 284-149, the House approved the bill, sending it to the Senate, which is expected to debate it next week.