Debt-limit deal faces test in Congress
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Legislators have less than a week to approve the agreement before the default deadline next Monday, June 5.
The debt-limit agreement forged by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy heads into a crucial final stretch, with less than a week to win congressional passage before a default deadline next Monday.
Biden and McCarthy spent much of the Memorial Day holiday lobbying members of their
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