The U.S. is one step closer to avoiding a default on its debt.

Yays are 314, the Nays are 117, the bill is passed.

It got through the house, now it heads to the Senate, is its passage of foregone conclusion.

I mean, Martinez, that's Laila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.

Some Republican presidential candidates are slamming the debt ceiling deal as more people

plan to end the race.

All vice president Mike Pence and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie are expected

to announce their bids.

Next week, what do they bring to the growing pool of GOP presidential hopefuls?

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With overwhelming bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed the debt ceiling

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