Senate Minority Leader McConnell says he will support a debt limit extension into December to give Democrats more time to enact a long-term solution on their own.
extension into December, in a tentative deal to temporarily end a partisan standoff just 12 days before the government's deadline to avert default.
"This will moot Democrats’ excuses about the time crunch they created and give the unified Democratic government more than enough time to pass standalone debt limit legislation through reconciliation," McConnell, R-Ky., in a statement. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said on MSNBC that Democrats should take a short-term fix so they can"finish up the deal-making between the White House and Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and Sen. [Chuck] Schumer and make sure our caucuses are all united and pass Build Back Better."
Raising warnings that the offer may not end the stalemate, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, criticized McConnell’s proposal, calling him “heartless” and suggesting her party reject it.out quickly after McConnell's statement was released:"I will not vote to raise the debt ceiling. Period."
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