The White House on Sunday stated it wasn’t planning to avoid Congress as a way to increase the U.S. debt ceiling, a daily flashpoint in occasions of divided authorities.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed reporters that “we’re not considering any measures that would go around Congress,” calling on lawmakers to boost the restrict with out preconditions.
Republicans, who lately took over management of the U.S. House of Representatives, have promised a bare-knuckle battle over any transfer to extend the restrict. They say they plan to extract concessions to maintain the U.S. authorities from defaulting.
Jean-Pierre informed reporters aboard Air Force One that Democratic President Joe Biden’s White House would make no concessions on the debt ceiling.
“Attempts to exploit the debt ceiling as leverage will not work,” she stated. “There will be no hostage-taking.”
