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Biden Celebrates Win Over 'Extreme Voices' on Debt Ceiling Deal

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The president on Friday praised bipartisanship after the deal passed, saying “extreme voices” had been “threatening” to unleash “economic collapse.”
President Joe Biden is celebrating the passage of the bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling as a win over “extreme voices.”
In a speech from the White House on Friday, Biden said that he would soon be signing the Fiscal Responsibility Act after it passed in Congress this week, averting a potential default on the national debt until at least 2025.
Following negotiations between the White House and Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, the measure passed by a vote of 314 to 117 in the House on Wednesday and 63 to 36 in the Senate on Thursday.
Biden went out of his way to praise McCarthy for being “able to get along” during negotiations that he said were “straightforward,” “completely honest” and “respectful.”
The president said that a “catastrophe” had been avoided by the majority who voted in favor of the legislation, despite “extreme” members “threatening” to unleash “economic collapse.

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