The White House is going on the offensive in its debt ceiling standoff, trying to portray Democrats as the “adults in the room” as Republicans risk putting the federal government into default.
With only two weeks before Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projects her department will not be able to pay the country’s financial obligations on time, the administration argues the debt limit needs to be raised because of congressional Republicans and former President Donald Trump’s policies, not theirs.
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