Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the increasingly menacing debt ceiling impasse, focusing on what they say will be painful reductions in government services if a bill the GOP recently pushed through the House becomes law.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., confers with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, during a hearing on the Republican proposal to address the debt limit which passed along party lines in the House last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Senate Democrats are looking to pressure Republicans into resolving the impasse on the debt ceiling. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., confers with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the increasingly menacing debt ceiling impasse Thursday, focusing on what they say will be painful reductions in government services if a bill the GOP
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