Senate Republicans Say No to Any Clean Debt-Limit Increase
- Move by most GOP senators seeks pressure on Biden, Schumer
- White House calls on them to honor ‘Constitutional obligation’
Mitch McConnell
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A group of 43 Senate Republicans including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said they’d oppose allowing a vote on legislation increasing the US debt limit with no strings attached, saying “substantive spending and budget reforms” must be part of the package.
The group’s letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer included almost every Republican in the chamber and showed they have the votes to block legislation, raising the stakes on President Joe Biden and Democrats who control the chamber.