Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to colleagues Monday that lawmakers must act to increase the debt ceiling by the end of the week to avoid any repercussions
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to colleagues Monday that lawmakers must act toby the end of the week to avoid any repercussions.
“Let me be clear about the task ahead of us: we must get a bill to the President’s desk dealing with the debt limit by the end of the week. Period,” Mr. Schumer wrote on Monday.
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