Democrat Chris Murphy weighed in as calls mount for President Joe Biden to utilize the Constitution to bypass debt limit talks with Republicans.
However, Biden told reporters in Delaware on Sunday that he remains optimistic and that he plans to meet with congressional leaders on Tuesday to continue talks, according toAmid the partisan standoff, an increasing number of senators from both parties have been discussing the possibility of Biden invoking a clause in the 14th Amendment that some legal scholars say would allow the president toBiden told reporters that he was"considering" the untested theory.
Senator Chris Murphy listens as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 29 in Washington, DC. Mayorkas testified on the 2024 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security. Murphy said during a recent Meet the Press interview that lawmakers need to be “adults” rather than President Joe Biden invoking the 14th Amendment to bypass negotiations with House Republicans and raise the debt ceiling himself.
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