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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday called the possibility of invoking the 14th Amendment a "constitutional crisis" after President Biden left open such an option amid stalled debt ceiling talks.
During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," anchor George Stephanopoulos repeatedly asked Yellen about whether Biden invoking the 14th Amendment – in which he could continue issuing debt without raising the limit on borrowing – was on the table. She largely sidestepped the questions and laid the responsibility on Congress, but alluded to the option as a dire choice.
When asked to respond to Biden saying he was not yet ready to invoke the 14th Amendment, Yellen said: "Our priority is to make sure that Congress does its job." |
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) during an interview on Sunday didn't rule out agreeing to a short-term move to temporarily raise the debt ceiling and make the debt ceiling and budget deadlines match up as lawmakers and the White House work against the threat of default. |
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Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, warned on Sunday that China and Russia could "exploit" a possible U.S. default, which the Treasury Department warns could hit as soon as next month. |
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"This tangled web around Justice Clarence Thomas just gets worse and worse by the day. I don't know what's going to come up next. I thought I'd heard it all, but more disclosures about his activities — it just embarrasses me," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on CNN's "State of the Union." |
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday said "history" will judge the Supreme Court's Chief Justice John Roberts amid controversies about ethics on the nation's highest court. |
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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts should state a "clear set of rules" for the nation's highest court as it deals with ethics scrutiny — rather than Congress taking action on the issue. |
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is pushing back on criticism the Biden administration has received over its plans for Title 42, saying officials are prepared for the lifting of the controversial policy later this week. |
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"Everyone here in Arizona knows we are not prepared. The Biden administration had two years to prepare for this and did not do so. And our state is going to bear the brunt and migrants will be in crisis as soon as next week. It will be a humanitarian crisis because we are not prepared," Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) told CBS's Margaret Brennan in an interview for "Face the Nation." |
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) warned on Sunday that a potential rematch between former President Trump and President Biden in 2024 would be "bad for the Republican Party." |
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Democrats need to "wake up," strategist Donna Brazile warned on Sunday following a new national poll in which President Biden's approval ratings sank further over the first few months of the year. |
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