{"id":1942340,"date":"2023-06-01T23:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T03:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-after-senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T23:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T03:53:05","slug":"whats-next-after-senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-after-senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Plan After Senate Approves Debt Ceiling Bill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhats-next-after-senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Agreement, Preventing First-Ever Default<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>The U.S. Senate has passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act with a vote of 63-36, preventing the nation&#8217;s first-ever default. The bill, crafted by President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and their teams of negotiators, suspends the debt limit through Jan. 1, 2025, and imposes caps on defense and non-defense discretionary spending enforced by sequestration.<\/p>\n<p>Despite warnings against delaying the bill with amendments, lawmakers introduced 11 amendments to the debt ceiling bill. However, GOP and Democratic leaders aimed to keep the Biden-McCarthy package intact to ensure swift passage without any more hurdles to overcome.<\/p>\n<h3>Conservative Senators Express Discontent<\/h3>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-after-senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill\/\" title=\"What's the Plan After Senate Approves Debt Ceiling Bill?\">conservative senators expressed discontent<\/a> throughout the day over the bill. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) proposed a &#8220;conservative alternative&#8221; to the Biden-McCarthy plan on May 30, telling The Epoch Times that &#8220;there aren&#8217;t enough conservatives in the Senate&#8221; to enact fiscal reforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4871486\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/11\/18\/rand-paul-1200x801.jpeg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/11\/18\/rand-paul-1200x801.jpeg\" alt=\"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during a hearing in Washington on April 26, 2022.\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during a hearing in Washington on April 26, 2022. (Al Drago-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) told reporters on Capitol Hill that House Republicans are trying to make the fiscal package appear that &#8220;it does more than it does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) confirmed on May 30 that he would not vote for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-to-de-weaponize-manchin-chides-schumer-for-hammering-republicans-after-debt-ceiling-vote\/\" title=\"\u2018We Have To De-Weaponize\u2019: Manchin Chides Schumer For Hammering Republicans After Debt Ceiling Vote\">debt ceiling deal<\/a>, calling it &#8220;totally unnecessary.&#8221; Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) believes the deal will not adequately address &#8220;wasteful spending and government overreach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5220439\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/25\/id5220439-GettyImages-1423403824-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/25\/id5220439-GettyImages-1423403824-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2022.\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>First Step in Restoring Fiscal Discipline<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the discontent, GOP leaders have insisted that the fight to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-braun-says-his-plane-would-restore-fiscal-discipline-in-congress\/\" title=\"\u00a0Sen. Braun says his plane would restore fiscal discipline in Congress\">restore fiscal discipline<\/a> in the nation&#8217;s capital is just getting started, with the debt limit deal being the first step.<\/p>\n<h2>Lightning Speed<\/h2>\n<p>Since the Biden-McCarthy debt limit proposal was announced during the Memorial Day long weekend, the bill has traveled through Congress at a rapid pace. It first cleared a key hurdle in the House Rules Committee, allowing the package to go to the House floor for a debate and vote. The Fiscal Responsibility Act then passed the House with a vote of 314 to 117. Seventy-one Republicans and 46 Democrats voted against the bill.<\/p>\n<p>After passing in the upper chamber, the legislation will head to the president&#8217;s desk. He is expected to sign it into law.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act with a vote of 63-36, preventing the nation&#8217;s first-ever default.<\/li>\n<li>The bill suspends the debt limit through Jan. 1, 2025, and imposes caps on defense and non-defense discretionary spending enforced by sequestration.<\/li>\n<li>Several conservative senators expressed discontent throughout the day over the bill.<\/li>\n<li>GOP leaders have insisted that the fight to restore fiscal discipline in the nation&#8217;s capital is just getting started, with the debt limit deal being the first step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fiscal Responsibility Act, a debt ceiling agreement, has been passed by the U.S. Senate with a vote of 63-36, preventing the first-ever default. The bill, crafted by President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and their teams, suspends the debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025. 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