Sen. Mike Lee said Monday morning that he’s convinced a majority of Senate Republicans will block any vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling “without substantive spending and budget reforms.”
Lee has sought to use the debt limit to force spending since he first took office in 2011. And now 42 other Senate Republicans have joined Lee’s efforts.
“We’re telling President Biden we’re not going to pass a clean debt ceiling increase, but want to raise the debt ceiling,” Lee said during a Monday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends.”signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
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