Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed the Trump administration for the nation's debt and accused the Republican Party of holding the world economy 'hostage.'
Fox News contributors Marie Harf and Tammy Bruce weigh in on the House passing Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling bill by two votes on 'WSJ at Large.'"hostage" with the debt ceiling.
In a narrow 217-215 vote Wednesday, House Republicans delivered Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the biggest win of his tenure leading the chamber so far by passing his bill to raise the debt limit and slash spending. The bill serves as the GOP's position on how to avoid a debt crisis in the coming weeks. As expected, not one Democrat voted for it.
"I think we can move toward cutting military spending without spending 10 times more than the people than any other country on earth. Massive costSanders said. "I'm certainly open to… demanding that the largest corporations in this country and the wealthiest people start paying their fair share of taxes. And I'm willing to look at any other proposals. A lot of waste within government. Let's go after it. But don't go to war against the working class in this country.
for insisting on a clean debt ceiling increase, asking Sanders, "Are you worried that voters will start to blame Democrats?"
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