As House Republicans remain divided on the debt limit deal struck by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden, their Democrat colleagues have opted for a united front in support of the measure.
“House Democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default, period, full stop,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said at the Democrats’ weekly press conference. “We will continue to be responsible stewards of our economy, and we will not let middle-class Americans, working families, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, seniors, veterans, the poor, the sick, and the afflicted be hurt by a dangerous, GOP-manufactured default.”
