'We don't need to give in to Republican extortion or default. The Constitution grants the president another option,' 66 USProgressives asserted in a letter urging President Joe Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment to end the debt ceiling impasse.
increase voted on three separate occasions under President [Donald] Trump to raise the debt ceiling without any preconditions or extraneous, harmful policies attached," the lawmakers noted.
;𠇋REAKING: 60+ of us @USProgressives are calling on @POTUS to follow his constitutional responsibilities and end the Republican default crisis.\n\nWe should not let right-wing extremists risk the livelihoods of millions just to give further tax cuts to their corporate donors.
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