The Senate voted on Tuesday to raise the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023 after months of political wrangling between Democrats and Republicans. Passed by a party-line vote of 50–49, the debt ceiling increase bill is expected to quickly come to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. Upset with Democrats’ “out-of-control spending spree,” all 50 Republicans refused to help Democrats raise the debt ceiling, a position that they have held to firmly for months. After Republicans filibustered one effort to raise the debt ceiling through normal legislative means, leaders from both parties reached a deal to temporarily extend the debt ceiling until an agreement could be reached. Finally, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) struck a deal that changed Senate rules to allow Democrats to pass the measure by a simple majority vote with no Republican support. The vote came as the …