Debt ceiling standoff: Biden banks on Republicans shouldering the blame

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Costas Panagopoulos

Washington Examiner, March 2023

President Joe Biden is banking on congressional Republicans taking the brunt of the blame amid their standoff over the debt ceiling.

But as demonstrated by former President Barack Obama‘s debt ceiling fight with Republicans in 2011, lawmakers risk the country’s credit rating the longer they grapple with the problem.

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