White House officials see enormous downsides to either negotiating with Republicans on spending limit or trying to resolve impasse unilaterally
Klain said the White House’s plan was straightforward, according to the lawmaker: Refuse to entertain any concessions, and launch a barrage of attacks highlighting the GOP position that would force Speaker Kevin McCarthy to fold.
Many GOP lawmakers have said that they will not approve a debt ceiling increase without cuts to spending programs that the Biden administration has vowed to protect, creating an impasse with no clear resolution. A White House spokesman declined to comment on internal discussions but pointed to press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s prior remarks on the debt limit, including her claim that “we’re just not going to negotiate about that.”
How to approach the debt limit could prove one of Biden’s most critical decisions this year. But the current strategy is not without risks. The most obvious danger is if House Republicans refuse to raise the debt limit without an agreement on significant spending cuts, triggering a default.
Still, circumventing congressional Republicans altogether also appears to be a nonstarter. As they did during a debt limit standoff in 2021, White House officials have in recent weeks discussed the feasibility of minting a so-calledto circumvent the debt limit, or invoking the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional.
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