2023-05-10 02:20:32
© Reuters. US President Joe Biden speaks with journalists after meeting with lawmakers 5/9/2023 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was considering invoking the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution even as he continues talks to end a deadlock over the debt limit, but that to do so would require legal action.
In effect, Biden, a Democrat, would test the constitutionality of the $31.4 trillion US debt limit that is currently the subject of negotiations between the president and US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, a Republican.
“When we get through this, I’m thinking of taking a look at the months ahead to see what the court would say,” Biden told reporters. “I’ve been considering the 14th Amendment,” but “that would have to be litigated,” she added.
(Reporting by Steve Holland)
((Translation Editorial São Paulo))
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