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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday morning that a deal has been reached for an extension of the nation’s debt ceiling through early December, a major breakthrough to avert economic disaster that comes after weeks of partisan deadlock over how to resolve the issue.

The debt ceiling deal proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is putting his GOP conference in a bind, with some Republicans accusing the formidable Senate tactician of folding in his standoff with Democrats and others refusing to go along with his strategy.

Eleven Senate Republicans broke ranks Thursday evening to vote with all Democrats to overcome a filibuster so that the debt ceiling deal announced earlier in the day could move forward.

Rep. Ro Khanna had a suggestion for President Joe Biden on a private conference call earlier this week: Have Sens. Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders sit in the same room and try to cut a deal on the Democratic Party’s massive social safety net expansion.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday morning that a deal has been reached for an extension of the nation’s debt ceiling through early December, a major breakthrough to avert economic disaster that comes after weeks of partisan deadlock over how to resolve the issue.

A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling.

Everyone seems to agree the US debt ceiling should be raised to pay for tax cuts and spending the government has already approved — and to avoid the economic calamity that would likely result from a US default.

A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state’s six-week abortion ban.