McCarthy Criticizes Biden’s Possible Use of 14th Amendment to Override Debt Limit

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on May 9 criticized President Joe Biden’s suggestion that he could invoke the 14th Amendment as a way to override the debt ceiling and avert a possible default, with the two politicians fresh off a meeting with no breakthrough on the debt limit standoff.
Biden confirmed on May 9 that he’s looking at the possibility of using the 14th Amendment as a last-ditch option to work around the $31.4 trillion debt limit, in the event that negotiations on lifting the borrowing cap fall through and the country faces the prospect of defaulting on its debt obligations.
“I have been considering the 14th Amendment, and the man I have enormous respect for, Larry Tribe … thinks that it would be legitimate,” Biden told reporters after a meeting with congressional leaders about the debt ceiling….}