Debt ceiling raise passes Senate without support from either senator from Mississippi
Posted on AllSides June 2nd, 2023
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Both of Mississippi's Republican U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, one day after three of the state's four House members voted for it. The bill passed the Senate late Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday, avoiding an unprecedented default that could have cost Mississippi an estimated 64,000 jobs, more than doubling the state's unemployment rate. If the debt ceiling had not been raised, the federal government would have been unable to make payments on...
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