White House calls for debt ceiling hike ‘without conditions

The Hill ^ | 01/13/2023 | BRETT SAMUELS

[ChicagoConservative27]

The White House on Friday called for the debt limit to be raised without conditions, laying down a marker ahead of what is likely to be a bruising fight with House Republicans in the coming months.

“We believe, when it comes to the debt limit, it has been done in a bipartisan way over the years and decades. And it should be done in a bipartisan way. And it should be done without conditions. That is important here,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Jean-Pierre’s comments came shortly after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to warn the U.S. is projected to reach its roughly $31.4 trillion borrowing limit in less than a week, and the department would have to soon begin taking “extraordinary measures” to buy time for Congress to avoid default.

Those measures would likely buy lawmakers until early June to reach a deal, Yellen said.

[ChicagoConservative27]

White House sounds like a capo from the Gambino family.

[Magnum44]

Pound sand!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Don’t forget the 10% for the Big Guy.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Eliminate a department. Take it out of the FBI.

[mikelets456]

Our government making Bernie Madoff seem like a nice guy...

[joma89]

Bankrupting the US is part of the plan. The 7 years of the anti-Christ’s reign sure seems to be coming.

[eyeamok]

Not another dime until the Trump Wall is being finished at a minimum of 2 miles per day

[blu]

Anything Ol’ Mushroom Head says should be regarded as the same thing Ol’ Potato Head says....more meaningless, demented word salad.

[liberalh8ter]

Americans call for the White House to shut up.

[G Larry]

Uh...NO!

[unixfox]

Just print more money!

[AnthonySoprano]

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What has Mitch and his Senate friends said about Biden’s Classified trove?

With Trump, they said No one is above the Law, echoing Dem Talking Points.

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[xzins]

Unlimited debt isn’t even given by banks.

Maybe to Musk... nope, he had to dig deep to get funding for TWitter.

Insanity.

[Revel]

I think he should sell the Corvette.

[DHerion]

The debt limit is a joke...just raise it to 1000 trillion dollars and be done with this farce.

[Jim Noble]

Please send everyone a check for $100,000.

[Night Hides Not]

NO EFFING WAY!!!!!!

[alancarp]

"... And it should be done in a bipartisan way. And it should be done without conditions."

Annnnnd there's the non-bipartisan/do-what-we-demand part.

[DoughtyOne]

Hopefully the House can address the level of spending issue
and make some impressive headway.

[thegagline]

The National Debt under Trump: