House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., pauses during a news conference as House Republicans push their sweeping debt ceiling package to win over holdouts in their party, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Speaker McCarthy is struggling to round up the votes for the bill, which would couple an increase of the country's debt ceiling with restrictions on federal spending. A final vote on the package is likely Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
