Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for
 
–Thursday, June 2nd 2023—
 
—Here are 3 big things you need to know—
 
One — The Senate has passed a bill that would suspend the nation’s debt ceiling for two years.  Lawmakers voted on the measure Thursday as the deadline to avoid a potential default was just days away.  The vote was 63-to-36, with the bill now heading to President Biden’s desk.  Biden said he would be signing the bill into law as soon as possible, and addressing “the American people directly” on Friday.

Two—  The Senate also has approved legislation to block President Biden’s student debt relief program.  The Senate passed the measure in a 52-46 vote on Thursday, just days after it cleared the Republican-majority House. Democratic Senators Jon Tester and  Joe Manchin and Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema joined Republicans in voting to nix the Biden plan.  The president is expected to veto the bill.  
 

 
 

Three — Teen birthrates are at another record low in the U.S.  The CDC reports teen birthrates dropped three-percent last year.  That’s a smaller drop than previous years as teen birthrates have fallen an average of eight-percent each year since 2007.