Pelosi Vows to Avert Shutdown as GOP Opposes Debt-Limit Link
- McConnell says Democrats have time to go it alone on debt
- Democrats want bipartisan vote to suspend debt ceiling
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled Democrats will avert a government shutdown by passing a stopgap spending bill without a debt ceiling increase in it, amid Republican opposition to linking the two measures.
“Whatever it is, we will have a CR that passes both houses by September 30,” Pelosi said at a press briefing Thursday, referring to the so-called continuing resolution that will be needed to fund the federal government at the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.