McConnell 'respectfully' tells Biden it's time for Democrats to raise debt ceiling
By Jordain Carney - 10/04/21 11:31 AM EDT
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is urging President Biden to lean on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to get Democrats to raise the debt ceiling on their own.
"I respectfully submit that it is time for you to engage directly with congressional Democrats on this matter," McConnell says of the debt ceiling in a letter to Biden.
"Your lieutenants in Congress must understand that you do not want your unified Democratic government to sleepwalk toward an avoidable catastrophe when they have had nearly three months' notice to do their job," McConnell writes.
"Republicans' position is simple. We have no list of demands. For two and a half months, we have simply warned that since your party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well," McConnell added.
McConnell's letter to Biden comes shortly before the president gives a speech on the need to raise the debt ceiling. Congress has until Oct. 18, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, to act or risk a historic default.
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