Is the Debt Ceiling Here to Stay?

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The U.S. debt ceiling has been a sticking point in budget negotiations for months. CNN's John Sutter says there are several ways to get around it. He says the president could invoke the 14th Amendment, but that would be an unconstitutional move. Sutter: The other option is ignored because it doesn't have a snappy name and isn't illegal.

House Republicans are refusing to raise the US debt ceiling without huge concessions. Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains why we have a debt ceiling to begin with (and how President Biden could bypass it).

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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