Trump Wants Reconciliation Bill to Raise Debt Limit

“Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso told reporters Tuesday that Donald Trump wants the debt ceiling dealt with as part of a party-line package to enact the president’s sweeping domestic agenda,” Politico reports.

“Yet even as Trump has signaled privately that he wants a hike of the debt limit inserted into a reconciliation package — which would let him avoid having to make a deal with Democrats to avoid a catastrophic default in the coming months — congressional Republicans remain unsure if they’ll have the votes to include the policy in the bill.”