McConnell Urges Senate to Pass Debt Deal

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is calling on his colleagues to pass the debt-limit agreement that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached during the weekend. Biden announced Sunday that he and McCarthy had reached an agreement to avoid a "catastrophic default" by the U.S. on its debt. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement," he said. "Let's keep moving forward.” "The United States of America will not default on its debt," McConnell said Sunday in a statement following the announcement of an agreement...