Jack, raising the debt ceiling—keeping the promise the U.S. government makes to pay its bills—has lately become a partisan haggling tool Republicans use to sabotage and extort the government while risking our domestic economy and the global financial system.

Sign the petition: Raise the debt ceiling now and never let Congress hold it hostage again!

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Republicans want to exploit the debt ceiling with a no-win choice: force the United States Treasury to default on its existing obligations or have the government enact severe spending cuts that would hurt everyday people–including Social Security and Medicare.

Raising the debt ceiling is the basic minimum that we expect from Congress. There can be no negotiation over a necessity.

Democrats have been working on a solution. U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, Tim Kaine, Chris Coons, and Dianne Feinstein have introduced the Protect Our CREDIT Act of 2023. The bill would allow the President to raise the debt limit, subject to a two-thirds disapproval vote by Congress. Notably, the original sponsor of this bill was none other than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2011, during the previous legislative battle over the debt limit.

Our economy is not a bargaining tool. Sign the petition to Congress: Raise the debt ceiling now, and prevent it from ever being held hostage again!

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Thank you for fighting with us,
Mayra Souza, Daily Kos