House Speaker struck a deal with Biden to raise the debt ceiling through 2025, claw back $29 billion in unspent COVID funds and $21 billion from the IRS's $80 billion purse and pause Biden's student loan payments. But hard line including those on the House Freedom Caucus said the 99-page bill doesn't go far enough to curb federal spending and is a 'blank check' for Democrats. 71 defectors voted 'no' on the bill's final passage, as well as a handful of progressives. As a result, McCarthy was forced to rely on 165 'yes' votes to counteract the GOP 'nos' in order to pass the bill in a 314 to 117 vote.
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