Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) predicted that Democrats will win debt ceiling negotiations as Republicans demand structural reforms to spending.
Fact check – CLAIM: Tea Party Republicans were to blame for President Barack Obama failing to replenish medical supplies in the national stockpile. VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Republicans gave Obama 90% of the budget he wanted.
The Senate passed a budget agreement Thursday that would fund the government for two years and suspend the debt ceiling. The legislation will go to President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign.
