The Senate must now enact the measure and get it to U.S. President Joe Biden's desk before a Monday deadline, when the federal government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills.
Time is tight to avoid a historic, economically destabilizing default on government debt, which the Treasury Department has warned could come as soon as June 1.
The bill isn't expected to pass the Senate, but the mostly partisan 217-215 vote is a win for Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on an issue that rattled investors and markets.
Corporate leaders and at least one credit ratings agency warned a long standoff could rattle markets and unsettle an already shaky global economy.
A group of hard-line conservatives oppose his candidacy, concerned that he is less deeply vested in the culture wars and partisan rivalries that have dominated the House in recent years.
With $370 billion in climate-focused spending, U.S. Congress on Friday passed its most consequential climate change bill ever.
The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divide over firearms in the United States.
The resistance to a third party among some of Trump's toughest Republican critics underscores the extreme difficulty of such a political revolt.
There is a debate among scholars over whether the Senate can hold a trial for Trump now that he has left office.
The U.S. Senate race between Republican Senator David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia appeared to be heading for a January runoff on Thursday, potentially making a pair of delayed elections that could determine control of that chamber. Perdue, 70, a wealthy businessman and ...
