House Democrat proposes ending the debt ceiling forever

Published September 8, 2017 6:08pm ET



Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., introduced legislation on Thursday to eliminate the debt ceiling entirely, an idea President Trump has said he could discuss.

“The debt ceiling, and the constant crisis it creates through repeated threats of government shutdown, is unnecessary and problematic to say the least,” Boyle said. “It’s no wonder that only a handful of countries around the world currently follow this disruptive, arbitrary, and restrictive fiscal practice.”

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