The Debt Ceiling Dilemma: Democrats Seek Republican Defection While Biden Considers 14th Amendment Solution.
House Democrats are attempting to force a debt limit increase bill to the floor and are hoping to get at least five Republican defections to pass the bill. Democrats are targeting 18 House Republicans who represent districts that President Biden won in 2020, hoping they will vote with Democrats to pass an 11th-hour debt limit increase. However, there is little evidence that House Republicans are inclined to undercut Speaker Kevin McCarthy, especially before he gets to the negotiating table with the president.