Trump calls for abolishing the debt ceiling

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Trump shakes up spending talks with call to eliminate debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump Trump said lawmakers should oppose any sweeping spending measure that includes "traps" and abolish the debt limit before he takes office next year.CBS News - 18m -
Live updates: Shutdown looms as Trump calls for elimination of debt ceiling
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year spending deal has thrown his future into uncertain territory ahead of a critical Jan. 3 Speaker vote, as some GOP lawmakers question their ...The Hill - 53m -
Trump, Vance call for streamlined CR and debt ceiling debate
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Jeffries dismisses Trump debt ceiling demand: ‘Hard pass’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats ...The Hill - 1h -
Elizabeth Warren backs Trump call to eliminate debt ceiling
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday supported President-elect Trump’s pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the debt ceiling. “I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate ...The Hill - 1h -
Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling
President-elect Trump said Thursday he would support abolishing the debt ceiling as he pushed the issue to the center of government spending talks with just days to avert a shutdown. Trump told NBC ...The Hill - 3h -
Lawmakers caught off guard by Trump debt ceiling demand
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill, rejecting a ...The Hill - 15h -
Top GOP appropriator 'surprised' by Trump debt ceiling demand: 'Don't know his rationale'
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday evening that she was taken aback by President-elect Trump's demand that the stopgap spending bill be used to increase the debt ceiling. Collins, the top ...The Hill - 19h -
Trump, Vance call for clean CR, debt ceiling hike, urge GOP to sink Johnson compromise
President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance on Wednesday called for Republicans to approve a clean stopgap funding bill paired with a hike to the debt ceiling, saying the previous ...The Hill - 20h
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