Some Democrats are urging their colleagues to lay the groundwork for using an arcane procedural process to bypass Republicans and stave off economic peril. By Carl Hulse and Jeanna Smialek WASHINGTON ...

About the author: David P. Vandivier is the executive director of the Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Vandivier served in ...

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal Tuesday that will allow Democrats to lift the nation’s debt limit without any votes from Republicans, likely averting another last-minute ...