Senate okays two-month debt limit extension

House approval still needed to delay default threat to December

The Senate okays a stopgap plan to avoid a U.S. default. Republicans go off script and tangle with each other. And new details about how Donald Trump tried to use his power to stay in power. This is “Regular Order” for October 8, 2021.

DEBT LIMIT. Ending a week of Legislative Chicken on the debt limit, the Senate voted 50-48 last night to approve a…