To pass the bill, Biden and McCarthy counted on support from the political center, a rarity in divided Washington.

GOP Rep. Chip Roy, who sits on the powerful Rules Committee, is urging all Republicans to reject the McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn't get the top job without a fight -- and without making one concession that now could push him out.

Several Republicans in the House of Representatives have publicly said they do not support the debt ceiling deal.

McCarthy might need Biden's assistance in getting Democratic support just to get the deal passed by the House Rules Committee.

Conservative House Republicans have very few good things to say about a deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut with President Joe Biden.

The debt ceiling agreement reached Saturday night will limit the growth of some federal spending, according to initial reports.

Law professor Jonathan Turley said this move would “reduce the separation of powers doctrine to junk bond status.”

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the federal government has a spending problem, not a taxing problem, when it comes to the runaway debt.

"I ask you to think about the last time a person said -- has said in this country that the government does too much for them."