Wall Street Journal

Democrats Try to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote to Avoid Catastrophic Default

A.M. Edition for May 17. House Democrats are working on a long-shot parliamentary maneuver designed to circumvent House Republican leadership and force a vote to raise the debt ceiling. WSJ White ...
The Hill

Jeffries rallies Democrats behind effort to force debt ceiling vote

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is urging every member of his caucus to get behind the effort to force a vote on lifting the debt ceiling, arguing that unanimity among the minority ...
Business Insider

Democrats have been plotting since January to deploy an obscure legal strategy that could bypass Kevin McCarthy and force a debt ceiling vote if Republicans send the country to ...

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Newsweek

The Debt Ceiling Can Force Budgetary Discipline | Opinion

The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks made by Phil Kerpen during a Newsweek podcast debate on the debt ceiling. You can listen to the podcast here: The debt ceiling is the statutory ...
ABC News

House Democrats prepare long shot plan to try to force debt ceiling increase

The tricky maneuver would require at least five Republicans to join. House Democratic leadership has been working behind the scenes on a long shot plan that could allow their party to go around ...