House gets debt ceiling bill over key procedural hurdle — with Democratic help

House Republicans on Wednesday passed the rule governing debate on bipartisan legislation to lift the debt ceiling, a procedural hurdle that paves the way for final passage of the bill later in the day — but not without an emergency assist from Democrats. Lawmakers approved the rule in a vote of 241-187, just days before June 5, the day Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the U.S. could plunge into default if the borrowing limit is not raised. But the vote was not without a good deal of drama. While...