Republicans want to take American into a recession: McConnell warned Biden against using 14th Amendment on debt limit: "Unconstitutionally acting without Congress is also not an option." -Burgess Everett
@KimPerales only thing unconstitutional was the Debt Likit act, which is *not* in the constitution.
NOT using the 14th Amendment in the face of US default on its debt is what’s UNconstitutional.
Congress already performed its Constitutional role by approving ALL the spending the debt is being incurred for.
Constitutionally (and financially) they are two different processes, though, authorizing spending versus authorizing borrowing.
The last Congress approved a bunch of spending, but they didn't provide funding for it. We really need to call out those politicians for doing that and putting us in this situation.
Yes, now the president is constitutionally required to pay debts, and I really wish he would stop threatening to default as that would be an impeachable offense in my opinion. The 14th Amendment is clear that he does not have that option.
They sure have made a mess of things.
