McConnell: Republicans Won’t Help Democrats Raise Debt Limit Again

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 7, 2021. Leah Millis/Reuters

Republicans won’t help Democrats raise the United States’ debt limit again, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told President Joe Biden on Oct. 8.

McConnell and 10 other Senate Republicans on Oct. 7 joined Democrats in temporarily raising the ceiling through Dec. 3, enabling Democrats to avoid using a process called reconciliation.