U.S. hits debt limit, prompting "extraordinary measures" to avoid default
"I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," Yellen wrote to congressional leaders.
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"I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," Yellen wrote to congressional leaders.
The Florida congressman was nominated for speaker in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of voting.
Deceased Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick's brother said of Republican leaders that "they have no idea what integrity is."
The Jan. 6 House committee presented evidence Thursday that former President Donald Trump declined GOP House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's request for help during the Capitol riot.
CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the upcoming primetime public hearings held to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol. Plus, newly revealed audio from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at a Republican conference meeting just days after the Capitol attack.
Fractious conservatives resisted Paul Ryan's appeals to rally around him for House speaker Wednesday, suggesting fresh trouble ahead in the Republican-on-Republican struggle between pragmatists and purists. The fight has rendered Congress almost dysfunctional and shaken the party's presidential campaign.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week's end as their consensus candidate — an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and divided House.
Confronting insurmountable obstacles, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suddenly withdrew from the contest for speaker of the U.S. House on Thursday, shocking colleagues just before they were to vote and producing ever-deeper chaos for a divided Congress.
As the debt debate continues to expose cracks in the foundation of support for both parties, Republicans gathered behind closed-doors to try to create a sense of unity.
