The bill passed on a bipartisan vote Wednesday, losing a faction of Republicans who said it was insufficient to tackle the debt, as well as Democrats who opposed its spending cuts.
The Rules Committee greenlighted the bill Tuesday, sending it to the GOP-led House for a vote expected Wednesday. It would then go to the Democratic-led Senate.
On a Monday night call, a member of the Freedom Caucus brought up using a rule that would force a vote to remove the speaker, two sources familiar with the call said.
Federal student loan borrowers could expect to begin repaying their bills in late summer as the larger question over loan forgiveness hangs in the balance.
Debt ceiling negotiators on Capitol Hill have agreed to tighten work requirements for nutrition benefits, a longtime conservative goal that the low-profile Foundation for Government Accountability has been helping to advance at the state level.
