Debt Ceiling Deal Reached All Eyes Turn to Congress to Ratify Agreement

By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA

Newswire

Senior National Correspondent

After months of uncertainty and verbal sparring, an “agreement in principle” has been reached to spare the United States from its first-ever debt default.

But now comes the hard part: convincing both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to agree to pass the measure.

After President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that they’d reached an accord to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, Congress has just a few days to approve the deal.

But multiple conflicting reports have suggested that members on both sides of the aisle might have enough issues with the deal that it could fail to pass.

Democrats have said work requirements for food stamp recipients were a non-starter.

GOP members have sought to curtail spending, even after former Republican President Donald Trump went unchecked in adding trillions to America’s debt during his four years.

The Biden administration had managed to cut into the estimated $31 trillion in federal debt while attempting to strengthen social safety net programs like food stamps, social security, and benefits for veterans, the elderly, and disabled.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had announced a deadline of June 5 before the government would default on its debts. Continued on page A2

A’s manager Mark Kotsay said the decision wasn’t made by the team and that he sympathizes with Kuiper. “I can’t imagine being in his shoes right now,” Kotsay said. ‘’I think personally, we missed an opportunity here maybe to use this as an educational platform. But as you said, I don’t make decisions and this isn’t a decision I was involved in and nor was the organization really. This was a decision made by NBC.”

Kuiper has been calling A’s games in the Bay Area for the last 20 years. He is the younger brother of former major leaguer and Giants announcer Duane Kuiper.

Man Shot Roommate for Eating the Last Hot Pocket

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A man in Kentucky’s largest city is facing criminal charges after allegedly shooting his roommate during a dispute over a Hot Pocket, authorities say.

Clifton Williams, 64, was arrested on assault charges Sunday after he accused his roommate of eating their last Hot Pocket and attacked him, shooting him in the buttocks, Louisville Metro Police Department officials told WLKY-TV.

According to police, Williams started throwing tiles at the man after he realized the last microwaveable turnover was gone. He then shot him in the buttocks as he tried to escape, the TV station reported. Williams is prohibited from contacting the victim, who was taken to UofL Hospital to be treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. His bond was set at $7, 500.