US Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer leads a 51-49 majority, but would need the support of at least nine Republicans to pass a bill lifting the debt ceiling without conditions.
“You’ve got a choice between accepting the House bill or entering a discussion,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told reporters.
Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer leads a 51-49 majority, but would need the support of at least nine Republicans to pass a bill lifting the debt ceiling without conditions. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen informed Congress on Monday, May 1, that the US government will be unable to meet all its obligationsSoon afterward, Biden invited McCarthy, Schumer, McConnell, and Jeffries to a White House meeting on May 9.
McConnell dismissed the idea of a Senate debt ceiling bill, saying a resolution would have to come from McCarthy and Biden. “There is no solution in the Senate,” he said.
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