White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters
that "we're not considering any measures that would go around
Congress," calling on lawmakers to raise the limit without
preconditions.
Republicans, who recently took over control of the U.S. House of
Representatives, have promised a bare-knuckle fight over any
move to increase the limit. They say they plan to extract
concessions to keep the U.S. government from defaulting.
Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that Democratic
President Joe Biden's White House would make no concessions on
the debt ceiling.
"Attempts to exploit the debt ceiling as leverage will not
work," she said. "There will be no hostage-taking."
(Reporting by Raphael Satter; Editing by Paul Simao)
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