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House holds its nose and approves Biden-McCarthy debt deal
Fox News
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the bill which gives America's debt ceiling a rain check on Wednesday night, but it still faces a Senate vote.
Washington despises compromise, even when the alternative is a globally devastating default by the federal government just days away. Howard Kurtz is the host of FOX News Channel's MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET). Based in Washington, D.C., he joined the network in July 2013 and regularly appears on Special Report with Bret Baier and other programs.
Compromise in our polarized culture has become a dirty word. And grandstanding by lawmakers in both parties, who have the luxury of knowing the bill would pass anyway, has become irresistible.
The House approved the bill to suspend the debt ceiling last night, with 165 Democrats bailing out 149 of McCarthy’s Republicans to salvage the much-derided bipartisan measure. Democratic leaders had insisted that McCarthy produce 150 votes, or roughly two-thirds of his caucus; few expected that Biden’s party would have to deliver more votes than the GOP.