Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

The US Senate will be the next body to take up a measure that would suspend the nation's

$31.4 trillion debt ceiling after House approval of the bill aimed at preventing an unprecedented

U.S. default.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he wants to finish voting and avoid taking the

issue down to the wire, but Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin says the process will likely be

bumpy.

There's a unique institution.

Any individual senator can stop the train.

Any individual senator can ask for an amendment and the debate is unlimited and less there's

an agreement.

I hope there will be an agreement soon.

Quick passage in the Senate will require both Republicans and Democrats refrain from trying

to tack amendments onto the bill.

Something West Virginia's Joe Manchin mentioned is that he talked about defending a pipeline

project running through his state.

We all know what's a stake here, but everyone does have the right to say and put their amendments

in and we'll go through that process.

It's not clear how quickly a Senate vote might come.

The Biden administration is rolling out proposed rules aimed at making home valuations more

fair.

MPR Scott Detra reports the practice has been historically rife with bias and racial discrimination.

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