Manchin Says US Won’t Default Ahead of Debt Ceiling Vote

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) speaks during a hearing before Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of Senate Appropriations Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 10, 2021. Alex Wong/Pool via Reuters

A key Democrat in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday said the United States will not default ahead of the chamber’s vote on a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling for over a year.

“It is not going to happen,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters in Washington.