High anxiety hits Senate over raising debt ceiling

High anxiety hits Senate over raising debt ceiling-thehill: Senators are growing anxious that they might have to vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling in a matter of weeks given new estimates that the government could hit its borrowing limit earlier than expected. The debt limit was exceeded earlier this year, and the Treasury Department is now taking steps known as “extraordinary measures” to prevent the government from going over its borrowing limit.

Republicans leave town with no clear path on Obamacare

Republicans leave town with no clear path on Obamacare-politico: Republicans are leaving Washington Thursday for a month of recess with no clear direction on what they’ll do next on Obamacare.

Reeling Republicans take one last shot at Obamacare

Reeling Republicans take one last shot at Obamacare-politico: Twenty-three years ago, President Bill Clinton and Senate Democrats canceled two weeks of the August recess to pass a major health care bill. They got nowhere.

G.O.P. Scrambles as a Crucial Voice Shuns the Latest Health Bill

G.O.P. Scrambles as a Crucial Voice Shuns the Latest Health Bill-nytimes: With two days left before an 11-day recess and no vote scheduled, House Republican leaders worked on Tuesday to win votes one at a time for their latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act after an influential Republican voice on health care came out against the measure.