Schumer Says He Recently Had a ‘Good Conversation’ With McConnell About the Debt Ceiling
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appears to be optimistic following his conversation with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the debt ceiling. Schumer said Tuesday he “recently had a good…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appears to be optimistic following his conversation with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the debt ceiling.
Schumer said Tuesday he “recently had a good conversation” with McConnell on the debt ceiling and expects to “continue those talks.”
He added, “I look forward to achieving a bipartisan solution to addressing the debt limit soon.”
McConnell recently received criticism from former President Donald Trump over the debt limit.
“McConnell is a fool and he damn well better stop their ‘Dream of Communism Bill’ and keep his Senators in line, or he should resign now, something he should have done a long time ago. Use the Debt Ceiling like it should have been used, you Old Broken Crow, to do so would hurt our Country far less than this horrible Bill,” Trump said in a statement.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said earlier this month she expects the country will reach its debt limit on December 15. As CNBC noted, if lawmakers are unable to strike a deal on how to address the debt ceiling, the government “would default for the first time ever.”