Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Wednesday the GOP may be forced to consider a bill to lift the nation’s borrowing limit for a few months, because Democrats are refusing to back anything longer-term unless other bills are passed first, and the money is needed to provide critical hurricane disaster relief.

“The fact of the matter is, unless we raise the debt ceiling there is not going to be any money that can be appropriated for this emergency relief for Harvey, so we are going to have to do it,” Cornyn, R-Texas, said.

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