McConnell Warns: GOP Won’t Raise Debt Ceiling Over $3.5 Trillion Spending Package

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.y.) meet Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi(not shown) during a lunch at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Democrats on Monday outlined a plan to bypass the Republican filibuster to pass legislation to expand Medicare and give more drug price negotiation powers to the federal government.

That prompted a warning from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday, who warned on the floor that the GOP won’t raise the U.S. national debt ceiling if the bill cannot garner bipartisan support.