Senate signs off on debt limit bill with help of Ossoff, Warnock

WASHINGTON — Both of Georgia’s U.S. senators voted in favor of legislation that will lift the nation’s debt ceiling through early 2025, avoiding a financial default that threatened international crisis. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Atlanta Democrats, each said their concerns about some of the provisions insisted upon by Republicans did not supercede the need to suspend the debt ceiling ahead of Monday’s deadline so the government could continue to pay its bills. “Today the Congress acted to prevent a catastrophic default, which would have plunged the U.S....