hanging over america s head, but because of the good work of president biden as well as democrats and the house and democrats and the house and democrats in the senate, we are not defaulting. democrats said from the start and we must take default of the table. for a long time republicans, many republicans in the house resisted, house republicans ready to take default hostage in order to pop as a radical heritage to gender that never could have passed with the american people. so tonight s outcome is very welcome news for our economy and for american families. i sank my colleagues for the good work tonight. i commend president biden and his team for producing a sensible compromise under the most difficult circumstances. so many of the destructive provisions in the republican bill are gone. senate majority leader chuck schumer there, welcoming the outcome of the vote and praising the work of democrats. our north america correspondent jessica parker has been following this. t
jessica parker has been following this. this piece of legislation went through the house, the lower chamber, now the senate, the upper chamber, and it will proceed tojoe biden cos desk, probably the most predictable part of this process, we know what will happen, he will sign it into law. this follows extensive wrangling and negotiations between senior republicans and the white house over this debt ceiling deal. interestingly, joe biden will address the nation on friday night and he s been keen to try and demonstrate that this agreement contains some wins for him. he has talked about protecting core government programmes that are a priority for him, investment in clean energy. and forjoe biden, he was very keen or will be very relieved, that the us is not