WASHINGTON—A group of House Republicans is considering pushing to raise the government’s borrowing limit as part of the next long-term spending bill, a move that could help dispatch one of the thorniest issues for GOP lawmakers before next year’s primary elections intensify. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, a member of House GOP leadership and the head of a working group of House Republicans on the debt limit, said lawmakers were considering increasing the debt ceiling as part of the bill funding the government for the rest of...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 06, 2017 23:06 UTC