Democrats Reject GOP Call for Conditions on Debt-Limit Hike.

DEMOCRATIC Party (U.S.); REPUBLICAN Party (U.S. : 1854- ); DEMOCRATS (United States); REPUBLICANS; MAJORITIES; DEFAULT (Finance); GOVERNMENT debt limit

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was also in the discussion, said, "The Republicans are trying to extract something, and say that their leverage is they will have the United States default on its legal obligations, which is fundamentally wrong." Keywords: 0230417Z; ALLTOP; BON; BUSINESS; COS; EXE; FRX; GEN; GLOBALMACR; GOV; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; MED; NORTHAM; POL; TMT; US; WORLD; WWTOP EN 0230417Z ALLTOP BON BUSINESS COS EXE FRX GEN GLOBALMACR GOV INDUSTRIES MARKETS MED NORTHAM POL TMT US WORLD WWTOP Democratic senators rejected any attempt by Republicans to set conditions for increasing the federal debt limit, showcasing an escalation in partisan bickering as a two-year suspension of the ceiling approaches expiration. [Extracted from the article]

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