As Donald Trump and House GOP leaders discuss raising the debt ceiling in a bill separate from reconciliation, some Republican hard-liners maintain that including the debt limit in the partisan reconciliation process is the way to go.
“We should put it on one of the reconciliation bills so that we don’t have to pass it with Chuck Schumer,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris told NOTUS on Tuesday.
While that might seem like an obvious answer, voting for a debt ceiling hike might present a challenge to GOP leaders. There are some Republicans — like Rep. Tim Burchett — who have never voted for a debt limit increase and seem hesitant to start now.