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Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal to face new obstacles in Senate as looming deadline closes in

In this Oct. 6, 2021, photo, the light in the cupola of the Capitol Dome is illuminated, indicating that work continues in Congress, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Senate is struggling to reach an arrangement to allow for swift passage of the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal before next week’s default deadline.

Debt limit deal on verge of passing House, Freedom Caucus weighs retaliation against McCarthy

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the chamber after passage of a crucial procedural vote on the debt ceiling and budget cuts package he negotiated with President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The U.S. still faces a potentially disastrous U.S. default in less than a week if Congress fails to act. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday was poised to beat back a conservative revolt and opposition from progressive Democrats to pass his deal with President Biden to allow the government to surpass its $31.4 trillion debt limit.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the chamber after passage of a crucial procedural vote on the debt ceiling and budget cuts package he negotiated with President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The U.S. still faces a potentially disastrous U.S. default in less than a week if Congress fails to act. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debt limit deal on verge of passing House, Freedom Caucus weighs retaliation against McCarthy

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press meeting in Lulea, Sweden, Tuesday May 30, 2023. Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but says the Biden administration also believes that Turkey should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as soon as possible.” (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

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Iranian oil tanker Fortune is anchored at the dock of the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020. A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets under an enforcement program they say has been allowed to languish. Despite existing sanctions, Iranian oil exports jumped 35% last year and proceeds are being used to sponsor attacks on U.S. citizens and servicemembers as well as allies, the senators said in a letter to the president. (AP Photo/Ernesto Vargas, File)

Dissident group: Iran has ‘very elaborate’ oil sanctions evasion operation

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In this April 4, 2019, file photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. (AP Photo/Donald Thompson) ** FILE **

Biden accuser Tara Reade shows up in Russia seeking citizenship

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Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit this week by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this April 4, 2019, file photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. (AP Photo/Donald Thompson) ** FILE **

Biden accuser Tara Reade shows up in Russia seeking citizenship

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Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit this week by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Wuhan virus lab got more U.S. money than previously reported

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Phone call between Comer, Wray keeps contempt threat over FBI director’s head

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Bellevue, Washington / USA - April 1 2019: Red sign in front of a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant, specializing in fried chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. File photo credit: VDB Photos via Shutterstock.

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A poster with pictures of, from right, King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Hussein, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif and Queen Rania, is hanged at the front of a building in the capital Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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World literature teacher Ann Marie Willoughby speaks with students at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Teachers are leaving their jobs at an accelerating rate in Pennsylvania, according to a new analysis by Penn State's Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis that shows that teacher attrition in Pennsylvania doubled in the 2022-23 school year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland's ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Phone call between Comer, Wray keeps contempt threat over FBI director’s head

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the chamber after passage of a crucial procedural vote on the debt ceiling and budget cuts package he negotiated with President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The U.S. still faces a potentially disastrous U.S. default in less than a week if Congress fails to act. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debt limit deal on verge of passing House, Freedom Caucus weighs retaliation against McCarthy

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting at New England College, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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FILE - Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore., on July 26, 2020. Oregon's reputation for political harmony is being tested as a Republican walkout in the state Senate continues for a third week. The boycott could derail hundreds of bills and approval of a biennial state budget, as Republicans and Democrats refuse to budge on their conflicting positions over issues including abortion rights, transgender health and guns. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press meeting in Lulea, Sweden, Tuesday May 30, 2023. Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but says the Biden administration also believes that Turkey should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as soon as possible.” (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Freedom Caucus threatens ouster as McCarthy rushes forward with debt limit vote

In this Tuesday, March 13, 2018 photo, voters cast their ballots in Illinois primary elections at the city's new early voting super site in downtown Chicago. In Illinois, attempts by hackers in the summer of 2016 to alter voter registration information were ultimately unsuccessful, although voter data was viewed. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Solomon Peña, center, a Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14, is taken into custody by Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police officers, Jan. 16, 2023, in southwest Albuquerque. Peña has been indicted on federal charges including interference with the electoral process in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque, according to a grand jury indictment that was unsealed Wednesday, May 31. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Federal grand jury charges failed candidate with shootings on lawmakers’ homes

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Mark Crosby, 73, of Baltimore County Right to Life suffered severe facial injuries in an attack while doing sidewalk counseling outside Planned Parenthood Baltimore City Health Center. Photo courtesy American Center for Law and Justice.

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks prior to signing the budget at a ceremony at a grocery store June 21, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin is set to issue a third round of endorsements in Virginia legislative races, backing 19 more Republican candidates, including six who are in contested primaries. Among those set to receive the governor’s backing Thursday, May 18, 2023 are Emily Brewer and Tara Durant, both members of the House of Delegates facing spirited challenges for the GOP nomination in state Senate races.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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This photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Aug. 10, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Gen. Eric Smith is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. President Joe Biden has nominated a highly decorated Marine officer who's been involved in the transformation of the force to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith is now the assistant commandant and his nomination had been widely expected. (U.S. Dept. of Defense via AP)

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China's President Xi Jinping arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, Nov. 19, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence. A meeting headed by party leader and President Xi on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, urged “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence," the official Xinhua News Agency said. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Washington Nationals third baseman Jeimer Candelario (9) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Joey Meneses also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell stretches during the team's NFL football practice in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Maryland defensive back Jakorian Bennett, center, holds the trophy after Maryland defeated North Carolina State in the Duke's Mayo Bowl NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

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