McConnell Doubles Down on Debt Ceiling Fight
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On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doubled down on his warning that Republicans won’t help raise the debt ceiling. While left-leaning articles highlight that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to raise the nation’s debt ceiling on a “bipartisan basis,” right-leaning articles highlight that McConnell called the idea “comedy” and a “monstrosity.”
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to raise the nation’s debt ceiling on a “bipartisan basis.” Yellen warned that forcing the government to default would cause “irreparable harm to the U.S. economy and the livelihoods of all Americans.”
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Democrats appear poised to exclude the debt ceiling from a $3.5 trillion spending package they can pass along party lines. Congress and the Trump administration agreed to suspend the debt ceiling in 2019.
A right-leaning article by Daily Caller highlights that McConnell called the idea “comedy” and a “monstrosity.” McConnell said Democrats want Republicans to help them raise the debt limit so they can keep spending “historic sums of money with zero Republican input.”