“They are increasing the debt ceiling to make room for a $5.5 trillion Democratic Party wish list.”
What FactCheck.org found
Democrats and Republicans are once again in a standoff over a looming debt limit crisis. Congress must raise or suspend the limit on federal borrowing soon or the U.S. government won’t be able to pay its bills.
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In short
Bill Cassidy (U.S. senator) made this claim around 19 September 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 September 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “We Explain the Dispute”.
Bill Cassidy has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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