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of a Coleman, a House committee has approved legislation that would increase the nation's

borrowing authority.

A bill to raise the debt limit will now go to the full House.

Members are expected to vote on it later today.

The bill is the product of a deal struck between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin

McCarthy last weekend.

McCarthy says he knows there's opposition to it among members of his own Republican Party.

I'm not sure what everybody wanted.

We couldn't get everything we wanted.

And when we had this debate, you couldn't talk about the whole budget.

So in essence, we are only able to focus on about 11% of the budget.

And when the Freedom Caucus talks about what's suspending back to 2022, the non-defense

is back lower than 2022.

Veterans get more money and defense gets more money.

But the agreement does not slow the growth of the national debt.

That is fueled by spending on programs such as Medicare.

Four astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, ending a nine-day

trip to the International Space Station to Americans and two Saudi Arabians were aboard

that included the first Saudi woman to travel into space.

North Korea launched a spy satellite early today, but it failed.

And bears Anthony Cune reports from Seoul, the launched triggered alarms that were later

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