Trump roils debt-ceiling debate
The difficult task of raising the debt ceiling just got tougher.
Congressional Republicans, already staring into an ugly September, awoke Thursday to new tweets from President Trump accusing party leaders of bungling the debt-limit talks and, by extension, increasing the odds of a government default.
Trump said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) ignored White House entreaties to lump the debt-ceiling hike with popular bipartisan legislation designed to help war veterans –– a bill Trump signed into law on Wednesday.
Yet congressional sources pushed back against Trump’s claims, saying the notion of using the vets-benefits bill as a debt-ceiling vehicle, while bounced around, was rejected out of hand for fear of politicizing veterans and risking the failure of legislation that had strong bipartisan support.
“There was just no traction on it at all,” said an aide on the Veterans Affairs Committee. “We’re not going to politicize veterans’ care.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347885-trump-roils-debt-ceiling-debate
Defaulting on debt, it's the Trumpian way.
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