U.S. Senate OKs debt ceiling bill, sends it to Biden for signature

The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill to suspend the government's borrowing limit late Thursday, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature and averting an economically disastrous default.The passage came a day after the House of Representatives, narrowly controlled by Republicans, voted 314-117 ahead of the so-called "X-date" on Monday, when the Treasury Department had said it would run out of money to pay all of its bills on time.Biden thanked senators from both parties for endorsing the bill. In a statement, he said, "No one gets everything they want in a negot…READ FULL ARTICLE