<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refuted Democrats&#8217; claims in a letter on Monday to President Joe Biden that Republicans were responsible for the ongoing debt ceiling problem, noting that Senate Republicans have warned their Democratic counterparts for months that they will need to raise the debt ceiling on their own.</p>
<p>McConnell said at the start of the letter that he believed that the U.S. was &#8220;sleepwalking toward significant and avoidable danger because of confusion and inaction from the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic Leader concerning basic governing duties.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Since mid-July, Republicans have clearly stated that Democrats will need to raise the debt limit on their own. All year, your party has chosen to pursue staggering, &#8216;transformational&#8217; spending through unprecedented use of the party-line reconciliation process,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;Democrats inherited bipartisan trends from COVID relief to appropriations but have chosen to govern alone. Even now, with Americans already facing painful inflation, Democrats are preparing another staggering taxing and spending spree without any Republican input or support.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Bipartisanship is not a light switch that Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer may flip on to borrow money and flip off to spend it. Republicans’ position is simple. We have no list of demands. For two and a half months, we have simply warned that since your party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well,&#8221; the letter continued. “As you and I know from shared Senate experience, this is not unusual. The debt limit is often a partisan vote during times of unified government. In 2003, 2004, and 2006, Mr. President, you joined Senate Democrats in opposing debt limit increases and made Republicans do it ourselves. You explained on the Senate floor that your ‘no’ votes did not mean you wanted the majority to let the country default, but rather that the President’s party had to take responsibility for a policy agenda which you opposed. Your view then is our view now.&#8221;</p>
<p>McConnell noted that the Democrats&#8217; repeated use of the party-line reconciliation process has proven that they do not need Republican votes to raise the debt ceiling.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Congressional Democrats have wasted weeks complaining that this relatively brief process would inconvenience their floor schedules. Mr. President, as you know as a Senate veteran, that is not an excuse; it is just a complaint. Republicans will not build Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer a shortcut around procedural hurdles they can clear on their own so they have a more convenient path to jam us with a partisan taxing and spending spree,&#8221; McConnell continued. “Mr. President, I have relayed this reality to your Democratic lieutenants for two and a half months. My concern for our country is that Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi have done nothing. Either the Democratic leaders simply cannot govern or they would rather play chicken with the U.S. economy than accept reality.&#8221;</p>
<p>McConnell pointedly told Biden that the majorities that he has in Congress had no plan to avoid defaulting and that the federal government barely managed to avert a shutdown because Senate Democrats &#8220;wasted weeks on theatrics before accepting reality. The American people cannot afford the same rudderless drift toward danger with respect to the full faith and credit of our nation.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Mr. President, I respectfully submit that it is time for you to engage directly with congressional Democrats on this matter,&#8221; McConnell concluded. &#8220;Your lieutenants in Congress must understand that you do not want your unified Democratic government to sleepwalk toward an avoidable catastrophe when they have had nearly three months’ notice to do their job.”</p>

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