Debt ceiling debate heats up in US House of Representatives.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has dismissed the idea of using a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on a clean debt limit increase, stating that it's up to Speaker Kevin McCarthy to bring forward a bill to avoid a national default. Jeffries noted that Republicans supported increasing the nation's borrowing authority under former President Trump. Democrats are willing to negotiate spending caps with House Republicans but insist that it should not be part of the debt-ceiling debate.