GOP wants Democrats to raise debt ceiling by themselves: "go it alone"
We ran the numbers: There are 1408 news articles covering this topic. 53% (742) are left leaning, 30% (425) are center, and 17% (241) are right leaning.
On Monday, Senator Joe Manchin said Democrats should raise the debt ceiling through reconciliation if they have to. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden urged Republican senators to “get out of the way” and let Democrats suspend the nation’s debt limit, right-leaning articles highlight that as a debt ceiling standoff heats up on Capitol Hill, Democrats are floating alternatives such as a $1 trillion coin.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Biden urged Republican senators to “get out of the way” and let Democrats suspend the nation’s debt limit. Biden hoped to keep the U.S. government from bumping dangerously close to a credit default as Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell refuses to lend his party’s help.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Congress has until October 18 to raise the country’s borrowing limit. Manchin pointed to reconciliation as one way Democrats could raise the debt ceiling without GOP help.
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that as a debt ceiling standoff heats up on Capitol Hill, Democrats are floating alternatives such as a $1 trillion coin. In recent days, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questioned why the debt limit system is structured so that Congress has to take action on the debt ceiling.
From the center
Manchin open to debt hike through reconciliation, rules out nixing filibuster
The Hill
From the right
Debt standoff leads Democrats to look to unconventional $1T coin idea or nixing limit altogether
Washington Examiner