Democrats announced they would attach a 15-month suspension of the federal debt limit to a stopgap funding bill, a measure opposed by Republicans. House is expected to vote on September 21.
On Monday, President Barack Obama signed a two-year budget agreement that raises the debt ceiling until March 2017 and lifts spending limits through September 2017.
Late last week, the Treasury Department moved up the deadline for raising the government's borrowing authority from Nov. 5 to Nov. 3, putting additional pressure on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to raise the debt limit before he resigns.
