@gwaldby But this fact check is itself full of clearly wrong things.

For example, no, the debt ceiling is not "about paying bills that lawmakers have already committed to." How can I say that? Because those commitments are an executive branch function, not up to the legislative branch.

This reporter seems unfamiliar with basic civics, basic knowledge of the way the US government is organized.

Congress appropriates and authorizes the executive branch to spend. They do not, and constitutionally cannot, commit the other branch to spend as that would violate the idea of coequal branches.

This #factcheck, like so many, doesn't pass factchecking.

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