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US debt ceiling: Key takeaways from Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default

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Hindustan Times/AFP
29 May, 2023, 10:55 am
Last modified: 29 May, 2023, 11:03 am

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US debt ceiling: Key takeaways from Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default

US debt ceiling: The 99-page text was released Sunday night and the agreement will be subject to scrutiny and debate in the coming days

Hindustan Times/AFP
29 May, 2023, 10:55 am
Last modified: 29 May, 2023, 11:03 am
US President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US,  22 May, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
US President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 22 May, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached a deal to raise the government's debt ceiling and avert a devastating default.

Here, AFP details the key takeaways from the agreement, which still needs to be approved by a divided Congress in a vote on Wednesday.

Did either side win?
After days of long, difficult talks, the deal allows both sides to claim a victory of sorts. Biden called it a "compromise" while Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy described it as "worthy of the American people."

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The 99-page text was released Sunday night and the agreement will be subject to scrutiny and debate in the coming days.

Some demands from both camps were not accepted, such as the elimination of certain tax loopholes requested by Democrats, and the repeal of clean energy tax credits sought by Republicans.

The crux of it
Formally known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the bill provides for an increase to the debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion for two years, meaning Biden will crucially not need to negotiate it again before the November 2024 presidential election.

The deal also places limited curbs on federal spending that will please some Republicans, but it does not deliver the big cuts that right-wingers wanted and which progressive Democrats would have balked at.

Spending
The deal holds nonmilitary spending roughly flat for the 2024 fiscal year from this year. It also limits the increase by one percent for 2025, according to the proposed bill.

The agreement preserves plans by the Biden administration to increase spending for the military and veterans in line with inflation as well.

IRS clawback
The deal also pares back funds allocated for the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Last year, Congress approved $80 billion for the IRS to boost tax enforcement. The debt ceiling agreement pulls back $10 billion to spend in other areas.

Unspent Covid money
The deal would also take back some funding that Congress allocated for the coronavirus pandemic but did not spend. A statement from McCarthy's office said the deal would rescind "billions in unspent Covid funds" but offered no further specificity.

No changes will be made to Medicaid, the government's health insurance program for the most disadvantaged Americans.

Work requirements
The deal establishes work requirements for people who are receiving federal food assistance or on family welfare, in a victory for the Republican side.

It is set to raise the age at which childless adults will be required to work to receive food stamps from 49 to 54. As a concession to Democrats, the deal relaxes the requirements for veterans and the homeless.

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