Two things:
- A critter like the Screw Worm is everything I need to know to conclude that if there is a god, he's real prick
- MAGA is everything we don't need in government
May 15, 2025
That Farm Lady
May 14, 2025
Oh, MAGA
If you want anything from MAGA - literally anything - all you have to do is play to the racist shit buried deep in their lizard brains.
Progress
E-Car Share of new car sales in April 2025
Sweden: >63.3%
Norway: >97.4%
Denmark: >63%
China: >47.3%
Singapore: >40.2%
France: >25.3%
UK: >20.4%
The Dirty Fuels Cartel is in the process of self-immolation.
Overheard
Maybe those refugees from South Africa should go back to wherever they came from and fix their own country.
Could somebody ask MAGA if I'm doing this right?
Safety
It's well known that your kids are safer at a drag show than they are in church or at school.
Overlooked
To hear "conservatives" tell it, you'd think everybody in the whole country is at extreme risk because of street drugs. And this is absolutely nothing new. We've been vexed with this nonsense since I was in junior high school a thousand years ago.
Conservatives have always concentrated on the Supply Side, apparently thinking if we could just eradicate the drugs, we'd solve the problem. But there's always more to it than that kind of simplistic bullshit.
If you succeed well enough at pushing down on the Demand, the Supply will dry up.
On Biden's watch, at least we were actually doing something about the problem instead of just fear-mongering.
US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023.
The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years. The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the agency’s National Center for Health Statistics.
All but two states saw declines last year, with Nevada and South Dakota seeing small increases. Some of the biggest drops were in Ohio, West Virginia and other states that have been hard-hit in the nation’s decades-long overdose epidemic.
Experts say more research needs to be done to understand what drove the reduction, but they mention several possible factors. Among the most cited:
US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023.
The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years. The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the agency’s National Center for Health Statistics.
All but two states saw declines last year, with Nevada and South Dakota seeing small increases. Some of the biggest drops were in Ohio, West Virginia and other states that have been hard-hit in the nation’s decades-long overdose epidemic.
Experts say more research needs to be done to understand what drove the reduction, but they mention several possible factors. Among the most cited:
- Increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
- Expanded addiction treatment.
- Shifts in how people use drugs.
- The growing impact of billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlement money.
- The number of at-risk Americans is shrinking, after waves of deaths in older adults and a shift in teens and younger adults away from the drugs that cause most deaths.
Still, annual overdose deaths are higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the CDC noted that overdoses are still the leading cause of death for people 18-44 years old, “underscoring the need for ongoing efforts to maintain this progress.”
Some experts worry that the recent decline could be slowed or stopped by reductions in federal funding and the public health workforce, or a shift away from the strategies that seem to be working.
“Now is not the time to take the foot off the gas pedal,” said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a drug policy expert at the University of California, San Francisco.
The provisional numbers are estimates of everyone who died of overdoses in the U.S., including noncitizens. That data is still being processed, and the final numbers can sometimes differ a bit. But it’s clear that there was a huge drop last year.
Experts note that there have been past moments when U.S. overdose deaths seemed to have plateaued or even started to go down, only to rise again. That happened in 2018.
But there are reasons to be optimistic.
Naloxone has become more widely available, in part because of the introduction of over-the-counter versions that don’t require prescriptions.
Meanwhile, drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacy chains and other businesses have settled lawsuits with state and local governments over the painkillers that were a main driver of overdose deaths in the past. The deals over the last decade or so have promised about $50 billion over time, with most of it required to be used to fight addiction.
Another settlement that would be among the largest, with members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreeing to pay up to $7 billion, could be approved this year.
The money, along with federal taxpayer funding, is going to a variety of programs, including supportive housing and harm reduction efforts, such as providing materials to test drugs for fentanyl, the biggest driver of overdoses now.
But what each state will do with that money is currently at issue. “States can either say, ‘We won, we can walk away’” in the wake of the declines or they can use the lawsuit money on naloxone and other efforts, said Regina LaBelle, a former acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She now heads an addiction and public policy program at Georgetown University.
President Donald Trump’s administration views opioids as largely a law enforcement issue and as a reason to step up border security. That worries many public health leaders and advocates.
“We believe that taking a public health approach that seeks to support — not punish — people who use drugs is crucial to ending the overdose crisis,” said Dr. Tamara Olt, an Illinois woman whose 16-year-old son died of a heroin overdose in 2012. She is now executive director of Broken No Moore, an advocacy organization focused on substance use disorder.
Olt attributes recent declines to the growing availability of naloxone, work to make treatment available, and wider awareness of the problem.
Kimberly Douglas, an Illinois woman whose 17-year-old son died of an overdose in 2023, credited the growing chorus of grieving mothers. “Eventually people are going to start listening. Unfortunately, it’s taken 10-plus years.”
Some experts worry that the recent decline could be slowed or stopped by reductions in federal funding and the public health workforce, or a shift away from the strategies that seem to be working.
“Now is not the time to take the foot off the gas pedal,” said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a drug policy expert at the University of California, San Francisco.
The provisional numbers are estimates of everyone who died of overdoses in the U.S., including noncitizens. That data is still being processed, and the final numbers can sometimes differ a bit. But it’s clear that there was a huge drop last year.
Experts note that there have been past moments when U.S. overdose deaths seemed to have plateaued or even started to go down, only to rise again. That happened in 2018.
But there are reasons to be optimistic.
Naloxone has become more widely available, in part because of the introduction of over-the-counter versions that don’t require prescriptions.
Meanwhile, drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacy chains and other businesses have settled lawsuits with state and local governments over the painkillers that were a main driver of overdose deaths in the past. The deals over the last decade or so have promised about $50 billion over time, with most of it required to be used to fight addiction.
Another settlement that would be among the largest, with members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreeing to pay up to $7 billion, could be approved this year.
The money, along with federal taxpayer funding, is going to a variety of programs, including supportive housing and harm reduction efforts, such as providing materials to test drugs for fentanyl, the biggest driver of overdoses now.
But what each state will do with that money is currently at issue. “States can either say, ‘We won, we can walk away’” in the wake of the declines or they can use the lawsuit money on naloxone and other efforts, said Regina LaBelle, a former acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She now heads an addiction and public policy program at Georgetown University.
President Donald Trump’s administration views opioids as largely a law enforcement issue and as a reason to step up border security. That worries many public health leaders and advocates.
“We believe that taking a public health approach that seeks to support — not punish — people who use drugs is crucial to ending the overdose crisis,” said Dr. Tamara Olt, an Illinois woman whose 16-year-old son died of a heroin overdose in 2012. She is now executive director of Broken No Moore, an advocacy organization focused on substance use disorder.
Olt attributes recent declines to the growing availability of naloxone, work to make treatment available, and wider awareness of the problem.
Kimberly Douglas, an Illinois woman whose 17-year-old son died of an overdose in 2023, credited the growing chorus of grieving mothers. “Eventually people are going to start listening. Unfortunately, it’s taken 10-plus years.”
Today's Hawk
18 million Americans stand to lose their healthcare coverage if the Republicans get their "One Big Beautiful Bill" passed.
- lower income Americans
- kids
- seniors in need of home care or skilled nursing
- expecting/delivering moms
18,000,000 Americans -
because Republicans
think billionaires
need more Yacht Money
Make the call
202-224-3121
May 13, 2025
Mathing
Bottom line:
What’s in Trump and Republicans’ giant tax and immigration bill?
How what Trump has called his “big, beautiful bill” could change the federal government and the U.S. economy.
New tax cuts. Massive spending on border security. Cuts to social safety net programs. Pullbacks on investments to fight climate change. New limits on student loans. If it becomes law, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ massive bill will reshape much of the federal government — and the U.S. economy.
GOP majorities in the House and Senate are attempting to move swiftly to reverse many of President Joe Biden’s legislative accomplishments and cement Trump’s legacy in the tax code, on the southern border and in generations-old anti-poverty benefits.
The House’s bill would devote hundreds of billions of dollars to finishing Trump’s border wall, fortifying maritime border crossings, outfitting the Defense Department and more. It would extend the tax cuts that were one of the signature legislative achievements of Trump’s first term, create new savings accounts for newborns and fulfill some — but not all — of the president’s campaign promises.
The legislation still must pass the House, where it faces stiff opposition from blue-state Republicans, and the Senate, where tax writers are eyeing their own policy changes. GOP leaders are using the budget reconciliation process to shepherd the measure, which would allow them to dodge a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and pass it on party lines. Trump on Monday broadly embraced the legislation, which he has taken to calling his “big, beautiful bill.”
Extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut taxes for individuals of nearly all income levels, concentrating most of the benefits among the wealthiest earners and corporations. The business tax cuts are permanent, but the individual portions expire at the end of the year, meaning that if Congress doesn’t act, tax rates will go up on most households. The Republican bill would extend the lower rates for individuals.
Increase the standard deduction
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the standard deduction, the baseline amount of income filers can collect tax-free. This legislation would preserve that policy and add to it for the next four years, increasing the deduction by up to $2,000 for married couples filing jointly and $1,000 for single filers, to $32,000 for couples and $16,000 for individuals.
Cuts to Medicaid
To meet budget goals, Republican plans to cut Medicaid spending could strip coverage from 8.7 million people and lead to 7.6 million more uninsured people over 10 years. The legislation calls for new requirements for beneficiaries, including co-pays for those above 100 percent of the federal poverty level and work requirements for many able-bodied, childless adults. It would also tighten eligibility verification rules and limit taxes states charge medical providers as a roundabout way of collecting more federal Medicaid dollars.
A little SALT
A group of blue-state Republicans are at loggerheads with House GOP leadership over the state and local tax deduction, which lets filers write off the amount they paid in local taxes from their federal tax bill. The 2017 tax law capped the SALT deduction at $10,000, but that limit expires at the end of the year. The Republican proposal raises that cap to $30,000, far below what those blue-state GOP lawmakers had demanded. The impasse could imperil the fate of the entire package because of House Republicans’ slim majority.
Making states pay for SNAP
The legislation would pass on more of the cost for administering SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps, to state governments, potentially forcing local officials to decide whether to cut benefits or dig into their state and municipal budgets. Twenty-eight states with higher rates of improper payments would be required to shoulder 25 percent of benefits costs in addition to 75 percent of administrative costs. Currently, states only pay half of the program’s overhead and do not contribute to benefits.
Increase the child tax credit — for some
The child tax credit is a tax break for filers with children. The Republican measure would increase the credit to $2,500 per child, from $2,000. But not every family can qualify: The legislation limits eligibility to parents or guardians with Social Security numbers, essentially requiring those people to be citizens. That would mostly exclude noncitizen parents from claiming the credit on behalf of a child who is a citizen.
A border wall, other barriers and immigration restrictions
The bill designates more than $140 billion for the Trump administration’s border and immigration crackdown. More than $50 billion of that total would go toward completing the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and other fortifications, including at maritime crossings. Roughly $45 billion would go to building and maintaining detention centers to house families of deportees, and $14 billion is marked for deportee transportation.
New taxes on colleges and universities
The legislation aggressively taxes income generated by the endowments of colleges and universities. Current law imposes a 1.4 percent tax on those institutions. This bill creates a new system that would set varying tax rates depending on the size of the endowment per enrolled student.
The proposal would give newborn babies a $1,000 “‘money account for growth and advancement,” or “MAGA account.” Parents or beneficiaries could contribute $5,000 each year to that account tax-free until the beneficiary is 31 years old. The idea mirrors a pitch from Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (New Jersey) for “baby bonds.”
No tax on tips
Trump campaigned heavily on ending taxes on tips, and now that policy is in the bill. The legislation would allow a tax deduction for the total amount of tipped income received. It contains some guardrails to prevent “highly compensated employees” from claiming their earnings as tips and specifically identifies food service, hair care, nail care, aesthetics, and body and spa treatments as applicable professions to receive eligibility for the deduction.
No tax on overtime
Another of Trump’s campaign promises, this provision would exempt overtime wages from taxes through a new deduction. The legislation wouldn’t allow deduction of overtime wages from tips or for “highly compensated employees,” and requires filers to use a Social Security number when claiming the deduction, essentially deeming noncitizens ineligible.
No tax on car loan interest
The bill would allow purchasers of American-made cars to deduct up to $10,000 in car loan interest payments for four years — an idea Trump talked about on the campaign trail and then returned to as his tariffs began to bite the auto industry. For tax filers earning more than $100,000 (or $200,000 for married couples filing jointly), the loan interest deduction would decrease by $200 for every $1,000 of additional income.
A bonus deduction for seniors
Trump promised last year to end taxes on Social Security benefits. The bill doesn’t include that provision, but it would add an extra $4,000 to the standard deduction for people over 65 years old. The policy would be in place for four years and would taper off as a recipient’s income increased.
Billions for defense, including Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
There is roughly $150 billion in the bill for the Defense Department, spread over a number of priorities: $34 billion for the munition and defense supply chain; $33.6 billion for shipbuilding; and $20 billion for missile defense and space capabilities — that’s partially for Trump’s “Golden Dome” continental missile defense system. This spending could increase when the measure gets to the Senate: The upper chamber aims to spend more on defense than the House.
Repeal Biden student loan forgiveness
The legislation would save $295 billion over 10 years by repealing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and making other changes to loan repayments.
Tax credits for home schooling or private school
The bill includes up to $5 billion per year, for four years, in tax credits that benefit people who donate to organizations that help families pay for private-school tuition or home-schooling. It would create a 100 percent tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations, with taxpayers fully reimbursed for their donations when they file their taxes. The program would be capped at $5 billion in the first of four years and grow modestly each subsequent year if there is sufficient demand. Under the proposal, families earning up to three times their area median income would qualify for vouchers. That’s more than $450,000 per year in Washington, D.C., or more than $270,000 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Rescind money to fight climate change
The proposal would gut elements of Biden’s signature 2022 climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. It would eliminate a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 that consumers can receive for buying an electric vehicle. Republicans are also seeking to phase out incentives for the production of clean energy, such as wind and solar power.
New oil and gas production
The Natural Resources Committee expects to collect roughly $20 billion by mandating new oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and in protected Alaskan wildlands. There is some dispute about whether that language can stay in the bill, though, because it may run afoul of the strict rules that govern the reconciliation process in the Senate.
Auction electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is necessary for everything from wireless technologies to military communications and radars. The legislation would renew the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction off bands of spectrum that the Congressional Budget Office says could bring in $88 billion over 10 years.
Raise the debt ceiling
The debt ceiling sets the amount of money the federal government can borrow to pay for expenses already incurred. The government technically eclipsed the limit at the end of 2024, but the Treasury Department is taking “extraordinary measures” to put off the need to take on more debt. But those measures will expire sometime in August, the Treasury Department said Friday. The House bill would raise the debt limit by $4 trillion.
Republicans intend to fuck us, and then demand that we pay for the privilege.
If they drop the stupid idea of More Money For Yacht Buyers, there'd be no "need" for cuts, and no "need" to auction off public goods - the stuff that belongs to all of us.
Tax Cut For Rich Fucks: $2,200,000,000,000
Proposed Cuts: $2,643,800,000,000
What’s in Trump and Republicans’ giant tax and immigration bill?
How what Trump has called his “big, beautiful bill” could change the federal government and the U.S. economy.
New tax cuts. Massive spending on border security. Cuts to social safety net programs. Pullbacks on investments to fight climate change. New limits on student loans. If it becomes law, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ massive bill will reshape much of the federal government — and the U.S. economy.
GOP majorities in the House and Senate are attempting to move swiftly to reverse many of President Joe Biden’s legislative accomplishments and cement Trump’s legacy in the tax code, on the southern border and in generations-old anti-poverty benefits.
The House’s bill would devote hundreds of billions of dollars to finishing Trump’s border wall, fortifying maritime border crossings, outfitting the Defense Department and more. It would extend the tax cuts that were one of the signature legislative achievements of Trump’s first term, create new savings accounts for newborns and fulfill some — but not all — of the president’s campaign promises.
The legislation still must pass the House, where it faces stiff opposition from blue-state Republicans, and the Senate, where tax writers are eyeing their own policy changes. GOP leaders are using the budget reconciliation process to shepherd the measure, which would allow them to dodge a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and pass it on party lines. Trump on Monday broadly embraced the legislation, which he has taken to calling his “big, beautiful bill.”
Extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut taxes for individuals of nearly all income levels, concentrating most of the benefits among the wealthiest earners and corporations. The business tax cuts are permanent, but the individual portions expire at the end of the year, meaning that if Congress doesn’t act, tax rates will go up on most households. The Republican bill would extend the lower rates for individuals.
Increase the standard deduction
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the standard deduction, the baseline amount of income filers can collect tax-free. This legislation would preserve that policy and add to it for the next four years, increasing the deduction by up to $2,000 for married couples filing jointly and $1,000 for single filers, to $32,000 for couples and $16,000 for individuals.
Cuts to Medicaid
To meet budget goals, Republican plans to cut Medicaid spending could strip coverage from 8.7 million people and lead to 7.6 million more uninsured people over 10 years. The legislation calls for new requirements for beneficiaries, including co-pays for those above 100 percent of the federal poverty level and work requirements for many able-bodied, childless adults. It would also tighten eligibility verification rules and limit taxes states charge medical providers as a roundabout way of collecting more federal Medicaid dollars.
A little SALT
A group of blue-state Republicans are at loggerheads with House GOP leadership over the state and local tax deduction, which lets filers write off the amount they paid in local taxes from their federal tax bill. The 2017 tax law capped the SALT deduction at $10,000, but that limit expires at the end of the year. The Republican proposal raises that cap to $30,000, far below what those blue-state GOP lawmakers had demanded. The impasse could imperil the fate of the entire package because of House Republicans’ slim majority.
Making states pay for SNAP
The legislation would pass on more of the cost for administering SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps, to state governments, potentially forcing local officials to decide whether to cut benefits or dig into their state and municipal budgets. Twenty-eight states with higher rates of improper payments would be required to shoulder 25 percent of benefits costs in addition to 75 percent of administrative costs. Currently, states only pay half of the program’s overhead and do not contribute to benefits.
Increase the child tax credit — for some
The child tax credit is a tax break for filers with children. The Republican measure would increase the credit to $2,500 per child, from $2,000. But not every family can qualify: The legislation limits eligibility to parents or guardians with Social Security numbers, essentially requiring those people to be citizens. That would mostly exclude noncitizen parents from claiming the credit on behalf of a child who is a citizen.
A border wall, other barriers and immigration restrictions
The bill designates more than $140 billion for the Trump administration’s border and immigration crackdown. More than $50 billion of that total would go toward completing the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and other fortifications, including at maritime crossings. Roughly $45 billion would go to building and maintaining detention centers to house families of deportees, and $14 billion is marked for deportee transportation.
New taxes on colleges and universities
The legislation aggressively taxes income generated by the endowments of colleges and universities. Current law imposes a 1.4 percent tax on those institutions. This bill creates a new system that would set varying tax rates depending on the size of the endowment per enrolled student.
The proposal would give newborn babies a $1,000 “‘money account for growth and advancement,” or “MAGA account.” Parents or beneficiaries could contribute $5,000 each year to that account tax-free until the beneficiary is 31 years old. The idea mirrors a pitch from Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (New Jersey) for “baby bonds.”
No tax on tips
Trump campaigned heavily on ending taxes on tips, and now that policy is in the bill. The legislation would allow a tax deduction for the total amount of tipped income received. It contains some guardrails to prevent “highly compensated employees” from claiming their earnings as tips and specifically identifies food service, hair care, nail care, aesthetics, and body and spa treatments as applicable professions to receive eligibility for the deduction.
No tax on overtime
Another of Trump’s campaign promises, this provision would exempt overtime wages from taxes through a new deduction. The legislation wouldn’t allow deduction of overtime wages from tips or for “highly compensated employees,” and requires filers to use a Social Security number when claiming the deduction, essentially deeming noncitizens ineligible.
No tax on car loan interest
The bill would allow purchasers of American-made cars to deduct up to $10,000 in car loan interest payments for four years — an idea Trump talked about on the campaign trail and then returned to as his tariffs began to bite the auto industry. For tax filers earning more than $100,000 (or $200,000 for married couples filing jointly), the loan interest deduction would decrease by $200 for every $1,000 of additional income.
A bonus deduction for seniors
Trump promised last year to end taxes on Social Security benefits. The bill doesn’t include that provision, but it would add an extra $4,000 to the standard deduction for people over 65 years old. The policy would be in place for four years and would taper off as a recipient’s income increased.
Billions for defense, including Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
There is roughly $150 billion in the bill for the Defense Department, spread over a number of priorities: $34 billion for the munition and defense supply chain; $33.6 billion for shipbuilding; and $20 billion for missile defense and space capabilities — that’s partially for Trump’s “Golden Dome” continental missile defense system. This spending could increase when the measure gets to the Senate: The upper chamber aims to spend more on defense than the House.
Repeal Biden student loan forgiveness
The legislation would save $295 billion over 10 years by repealing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and making other changes to loan repayments.
Tax credits for home schooling or private school
The bill includes up to $5 billion per year, for four years, in tax credits that benefit people who donate to organizations that help families pay for private-school tuition or home-schooling. It would create a 100 percent tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations, with taxpayers fully reimbursed for their donations when they file their taxes. The program would be capped at $5 billion in the first of four years and grow modestly each subsequent year if there is sufficient demand. Under the proposal, families earning up to three times their area median income would qualify for vouchers. That’s more than $450,000 per year in Washington, D.C., or more than $270,000 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Rescind money to fight climate change
The proposal would gut elements of Biden’s signature 2022 climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. It would eliminate a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 that consumers can receive for buying an electric vehicle. Republicans are also seeking to phase out incentives for the production of clean energy, such as wind and solar power.
New oil and gas production
The Natural Resources Committee expects to collect roughly $20 billion by mandating new oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and in protected Alaskan wildlands. There is some dispute about whether that language can stay in the bill, though, because it may run afoul of the strict rules that govern the reconciliation process in the Senate.
Auction electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is necessary for everything from wireless technologies to military communications and radars. The legislation would renew the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction off bands of spectrum that the Congressional Budget Office says could bring in $88 billion over 10 years.
Raise the debt ceiling
The debt ceiling sets the amount of money the federal government can borrow to pay for expenses already incurred. The government technically eclipsed the limit at the end of 2024, but the Treasury Department is taking “extraordinary measures” to put off the need to take on more debt. But those measures will expire sometime in August, the Treasury Department said Friday. The House bill would raise the debt limit by $4 trillion.
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