Washington • Utah’s House members split Thursday on a measure that would raise the nation’s credit ceiling as the state’s senators vowed to oppose adding more debt.
The deal, struck among the White House, Senate Republican leaders and House Democrats to boost federal spending limits, passed the House 284-149 and is likely to be voted on in the Senate next week ahead of a six-week congressional recess.
Most Democrats supported the measure — Utah Democrat Rep. Ben McAdams opposed it — as Republicans largely voted against it.
President Donald Trump had urged his GOP colleagues to get behind the bill that would increase funding for the military and domestic programs and suspend the debt ceiling through mid-2021, after the next election cycle.