Stated position
Enact the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, which Boyle sponsors, to end debt-ceiling brinkmanship by giving the Treasury Secretary authority to keep paying the nation's bills unless both chambers of Congress pass a veto-proof resolution of disapproval.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Enact the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, which Boyle sponsors, to end debt-ceiling brinkmanship by giving the Treasury Secretary authority to keep…”
Sources
- Office of Congressman Brendan Boylehttps://boyle.house.gov/DCRA ↗
“Boyle, Durbin introduce bicameral legislation to end cycle of Republican default brinkmanship”
- Office of Senator Jeff Merkleyhttps://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-boyle-durbin-kaine-introduce-legislation-to-prevent-future-debt-ceiling-hostage-taking/ ↗
“We cannot allow Republican debt ceiling brinkmanship to bring our economy to the verge of catastrophe.”
“If we do not significantly change the debt ceiling process, Republicans will keep taking our economy hostage and provoking default.”