Elizabeth Warren backs Trump call to eliminate debt ceiling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "I was surprised that [Trump] wants to move the debt limit vote up to this year.
37% : The debt ceiling, which restricts the amount the federal government can borrow to pay existing expenses, "doesn't mean anything, except psychologically," Trump said.
28% : On both sides of the political aisle, lawmakers were caught off guard by Trump and Vance's urging about the debt ceiling.
27% : "I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking," Warren said in a post on the social platform X.Trump said Thursday that he would back getting rid of the debt ceiling, moving the issue into the middle of government spending discussions as a shutdown deadline looms.
26% : If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge," Trump told NBC News.
23% : Trump and Vice President-elect Vance urged Republicans on Wednesday to approve a clean stopgap bill alongside raising the debt ceiling, saying that a different government funding deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should be shot down.

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