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

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.

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.

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.

Almost $8 trillion of the national debt was added by former President Donald Trump — with the GOP’s help.

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.

The Senate GOP filibustered the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in hopes of forcing numerous amendment votes.

The Texas Republicans wants to repeal a key funding mechanism for the new infrastructure law — with no offset.

The cost of President Joe Biden’s spending package would be more than offset by cost-saving measures and new taxes on corporations and the wealthy, according to a nonpartisan analysis released Thursday.

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.

The White House has said President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is fully paid for.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a misleading claim about Biden’s plan in a Fox News appearance on Monday.

The decision not to suspend the debt ceiling could cost the country 6 million jobs, a new report shows.

Moody’s Analytics found the decision would cause the United States to ‘descend back into recession.’

GOP House members say they will not vote to increase the federal debt ceiling.

After voting for more than $8.5 trillion in spending, Mitch McConnell and his gang don’t want to let the government pay interest on their debt.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) voted on July 28 to move the bill forward in the Senate.

Suspension of the ceiling on borrowing by the Treasury to pay government debt expires on July 31.

Most GOP backers of a resolution to declare the national debt a ‘national security threat’ also backed Donald Trump’s tax cuts.

After ignoring the debt limit under Trump, they now appear eager to cause another global economic crisis.

All five of the Republicans who are demanding a new debt commission voted recently to try to make Donald Trump’s tax cuts permanent.

The same senators who added trillions to the debt with massive tax cuts for the rich are now complaining about debt — while trying to make those tax cuts permanent.

The Senate minority leader is upset President Joe Biden doesn’t want to increase defense spending more.

The Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act would only impact those worth more than $50 million.

Republicans in the Senate want to permanently extend parts of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.

Their proposal would make it virtually impossible to raise the needed revenue to pay for even current expenses.

He voted for the 2017 tax cuts for billionaires that helped increase the national debt by $7.8 trillion during Donald Trump’s time in office.