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Monday, October 4, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 4, 2021
Biden says he can’t guarantee US will avoid debt default
US President Joe Biden says he cannot guarantee that the United States will avoid a crippling default, with Democrats and Republicans at loggerheads over whether and how to raise the legal limit on the national debt.
“No, I can’t. That’s up to Mitch McConnell,” he says, referring to the Senate’s top Republican who is leading the opposition against helping Democrats raise the debt ceiling.
“If I could, I would,” Biden says.
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