Debt Limit, Border Funds Among Fiscal Fights Coming in 2023

The debt limit, Social Security solvency, and border issues will be among the toughest budgetary issues debated in Congress in 2023, a series of fights that will likely test the resolve of the narrow Republican House and Democratic Senate majorities.

Negotiations to raise or suspend the debt limit — and Republicans’ discussions about attaching measures aimed at shoring up the solvency of major entitlement programs — will be one of the major debates of the 118th Congress. But regular government funding bills could also strain each chamber’s razor-thin majority, as members anticipate legislative battles over border security and Internal Revenue ...