Yellen Says No Good Alternative to Congress Lifting Debt Cap

Bloomberg2023-05-08

Use of 14th amendment would provoke constitutional crisisSays Biden can’t avoid financial catastrophe without CongressTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen said there are “simply no good options” for ...

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Big Little
2023-05-10
Big Little
OK thanks
Rookie22
2023-05-08
Rookie22
At this rate . America can't even clear its debts in our lifetime.

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Those measures could run out as soon as June 1, Yellen told Congress last week.Republicans have sought to increase leverage over Biden by narrowly passing a plan that calls for an increase in the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion — enough to prevent a default until next March 31 — in exchange for $4.8 trillion in budget cuts. Almost all Senate Republicans said in a letter released Saturday that they’d oppose allowing a vote on legislation with a “clean” debt-ceiling increase.Biden said on Friday he wasn’t yet prepared to invoke the 14th Amendment to avert a breach of the debt ceiling, but didn’t rule out the possible executive action.“I’ve not gotten there yet,” Biden said when asked about the possibility in an interview with MSNBC.Invoking the amendment would seem certain to prompt a high-stakes legal fight that risks roiling markets. Yellen was dismissive of the idea during a 2021 debt-ceiling standoff, saying it would be “disastrous” if the administration needed to consider it.On Sunday, she repeatedly sought to turn the onus to Congress.“It simply is unacceptable for Congress to threaten economic calamity for American households and the global financial system as the cost of raising the debt ceiling and getting agreement on budget priorities,” Yellen said.","kind":"news","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9947776726,"gmtCreate":1683674247066,"gmtModify":1683674250548,"author":{"id":"4098495958461490","authorId":"4098495958461490","name":"Big Little","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6764a3ffbf6ab45f7407477fad0cd075","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4098495958461490","authorIdStr":"4098495958461490"},"htmlText":"OK thanks","listText":"OK thanks","text":"OK thanks","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9947776726","repostId":1145386713,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9947469271,"gmtCreate":1683510070394,"gmtModify":1683510074393,"author":{"id":"3575290973507485","authorId":"3575290973507485","name":"Rookie22","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c6852efd5f87d9ecf7965e213c38ac97","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b0a2963eb37c60c5d6d4a8dbcd266952","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3575290973507485","authorIdStr":"3575290973507485"},"htmlText":"At this rate . 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