Republicans in Congress hurt the nation’s credit rating with their recent debt-limit brinkmanship, according to Fitch Ratings.

Republicans' refusal to pass a clean debt ceiling bill may mean higher interest rates for the national debt.

The House speaker said President Biden 'walled off' potential cuts to the programs during debt ceiling negotiations.

A default by the U.S. government on its debts could affect 6 million jobs and trigger global economic chaos, but President Joe Biden has struck a compromise with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to prevent that.

The Florida Republican voted to suspend the debt ceiling and boost federal spending in 2018 under President Donald Trump.

The Republican caucus says Democrats must meet all their demands before they'll agree to raise the debt ceiling.

Republicans are pushing for spending cuts and have rejected Biden's proposed tax increases for the ultrawealthy that would reduce the federal deficit.

Enough Senate Republicans to filibuster legislation say they will not back any clean debt limit increase.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and other Republicans claim it would not cut benefits, but the House GOP's debt limit bill requires spending cuts that could slash veterans' benefits and make it harder to access safety net programs.

The organization Climate Power found the GOP's Limit, Save, Grow Act would slash funding for clean energy projects that are projected to create tens of thousands of new jobs in the United States.

The debt ceiling bill Republicans passed would result in a 22% funding cut across the board — without any carve-out for veterans programs.

House Republican leadership will only raise the debt ceiling if the Biden administration agrees to cut spending on safety net programs, but that doesn’t have widespread public support.

The House GOP caucus has refused to offer a bill to raise the debt ceiling without demands for budget cuts.

House Republicans are threatening a catastrophic debt default if they don't get to make major cuts to historic climate change investments.

House Republican leaders want to cut spending from the Inflation Reduction Act in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, despite a recent poll showing public support for it.

At least 15 current senators and representatives say reductions in funding to safety net programs should be discussed.

Several Republicans are preparing to demand spending cuts to programs supporting equity and inclusion.

Experts say House Republicans’ latest debt limit showdown could cause massive damage to the U.S. and global economies — even if they don’t ultimately force a default.

After Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Republicans contradicted their own previous calls for cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

House Republicans have introduced or pledged legislation that would make the country’s budget deficit even larger via tax cuts for the rich and weakened tax law enforcement.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune said Republicans want to hold the country’s credit hostage if they can’t cut Social Security benefits.

Republicans in Congress have a history of using the national debt ceiling as a tool for demanding budget cuts — but only when a Democrat is in the White House.

Just one GOP lawmaker joined the Democrats in voting to keep paying the federal government’s bills.

Just one GOP representative voted for a bill to prevent automatic cuts to Medicare, which also will help avert a catastrophic debt default.

His change of heart was revealed at a town hall one day after Senate Republicans blocked a bill to expand voting rights.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) said Democrats should not raise the debt limit when there are unspent appropriated funds.

The party that would have allowed a debt default thinks Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shouldn’t have been so ‘partisan’ about it.

Sen. Lindsey Graham only wants to hurt Democrats in the midterms.

But Susan Collins still supports Senate Republicans’ obstruction.

Senate Republicans are wasting as much time as possible to thwart Democrats’ plans.