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President-elect Donald Trump has called on Congress to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling. He said doing so before his term would put the onus on Joe Biden and let him avoid an early fight.
Trump also cited Democratic support for getting rid of the debt ceiling during a Wednesday call to eliminate the measure. “The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it.
President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he demanded a premature increase to the debt ceiling on “Biden’s watch ...
President-elect Trump put his support on Thursday behind Congress eliminating the debt ceiling as part of its efforts to fund the U.S. government.
The roadblock for Trump is how closely the debt ceiling issue is likely to become intertwined with other issues on his early agenda, which range from border measures to energy policy to tax cuts ...
The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of debt the government can accrue. In order to pay its bills to those it borrowed from and dole out money for everything from ...
If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge. It doesn’t mean anything, except psychologically,” Trump, 78, said of the debt ceiling, which controls how much the federal government ...
Since the debt ceiling system was instituted in 1917, Congress has never not raised the debt ceiling. Congress has voted 78 times to raise or suspend the debt limit since 1960.