Democrats are expressing concerns over concessions POTUS may make to avoid a national default, including imposing work requirements for certain social benefit programs and dialing back green energy permitting reforms.
And some are openly calling for the president to invoke the 14th Amendment or use other untested strategies to avoid negotiating a debt ceiling compromise with Republicans that would almost certainly set back a number of important Democratic priorities.It is"pretty clear" to Democratic strategist Jim Manley that some lawmakers, though it is unclear how many, are"nervous" about the direction of Biden's debt ceiling negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy .
"Republicans have shown that they’re willing to wreak economic catastrophe on working people," she said."Democrats can and should be pursuing every avenue to prevent that, including considering invoking the 14th Amendment." Biden has been open about the possibility he would support work requirement reforms that he voted for in the past, including for temporary financial help for families in need, and potentially for food stamps, though he opposes impositions on Medicaid.
Rep. Darin LaHood , who chairs the House Ways and Means Work and Welfare Subcommittee, specifically referenced Biden's 1996 vote for welfare reform when he was one of Delaware's senators. "For critics of closing work requirement loopholes, there’s an argument to be made that if we prevent abuses within the program, that will only bolster benefits for the families, disabled, and single mothers [who] need these services the most," the source said."When the programs are abused and stretched too thin, the most vulnerable get hurt the most."
"Really think about this: if you're the leader of the free world, if you're the only president, and you're going to go to a 14th Amendment to look at something like that, I would think you're kind of a failure of working with people across the sides of the aisle or working with your own party to get something done," McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill.
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