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Biden’s Debt-Deal Strategy: Win in the Fine Print

The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest.

By Jim Tankersley

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How to Enforce a Debt Deal: Through ‘Meat-Ax’ Cuts Nobody Wants

The debt-limit legislation includes a provision meant to force both sides to pass additional bills following through on their deal: the threat of automatic cuts if they fail to do so.

By Catie Edmondson

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Markets Rise as Debt Ceiling Deal Moves to the Senate

Global markets edged higher as the prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt grows more remote.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler

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Despite Debt Limit Deal, 14th Amendment Questions Linger

President Biden has been considering ways to challenge the constitutionality of the debt limit to defuse the risk of default.

By Alan Rappeport

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