{
  "id": 3340203,
  "title": "Congress Will Have to Act to Address $40T US Debt, Says Fmr. Rep. Kevin Brady",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/congress-will-have-to-act-to-address-40t-us-debt-says-fmr-rep-kevin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T19:36:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-25/congress-will-have-to-act-to-address-40t-us-debt-brady-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kevin Brady, former Republican Congressman from Texas, said that the US is failing to restrain spending, even as the US brings in record revenues. Brady said that congress will have to act to reduce spending, including looking at programs like Social Security and Medicaid that are moving towards insolvency issues. (Source: Bloomberg)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}