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One lawmaker’s debt ceiling fix: Don’t vote on it at all

By Pete Kasperowicz
Published October 2, 2017 4:01am ET
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Rep. Pete Welch says it's too easy for Congress to pass huge spending bills, and then hem and haw later over whether to facilitate that spending by allowing more government borrowing. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) | Lauren Victoria Burke

Congress just went through one wrenching debt ceiling increase, and will have to go through another sometime in 2018 that will involve more fighting over spending and borrowing, and more tense votes for Republicans.

But one House Democrat is bringing back an idea to get around this problem that seems to surface every 18 months or so.

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