House Republicans May Want Senate to Take Up Debt Limit
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House Republicans are considering insisting that the Democratic-led Senate act first on a debt limit increase the U.S. Treasury Department said will be needed by the end of February.
“We’d like to see their plan put forward,” Representative Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, told reporters today. McHenry said at a House policy retreat in Cambridge, Maryland, that he’s spoken to House Republican leaders about the plan.