US Senate with a voting adopted a bill, which in theory can prevent default. We are talking about increasing the ceiling of public debt by $ 480 billion, RIA Novosti reports.
50 senators spoke for his adoption, 48 opposed. The document allows it up to December 3 to raise the ceiling of the public debt, while negotiations are going between the Republican and Democratic Party.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi stated that it was ready to call the ward from the holidays and allowed that Congressmen could arrive in Washington next week to adopt a bill. The White House said that US President Joe Biden dictionarys the document as soon as it approves both chambers of the Congress.
Earlier, the leader of the democratic majority in the US Senate Chuck Shumer said that the party had concluded an agreement to increase the ceiling of public debt by $ 480 billion. According to the Ministry of Finance, the decision will be valid until December 3. This step allowed the United States to prevent the first in the history of the country default on the public debt.