Top Republican: GOP won’t help raise debt limit to fund $3.5 trillion spending package

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The top Senate Republican pledged Monday to oppose a massive spending package Democrats plan to greenlight in a budget vote this week.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, warned Monday that Senate Republicans would not only vote against the spending package, but they would also oppose a measure to raise the nation’s borrowing limit.

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