House Dems eye discharge petition as escape hatch on debt ceiling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% :Heading into the meeting, McCarthy is insisting Republicans are focused elsewhere -- "We take Social Security and Medicare off the table," he said Sunday -- but is also amplifying demands for steep cuts to unspecified programs.
40% :"They have said there are cuts they want to make to Social Security and Medicare," said Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.).
40% : The vote was once routine -- President Reagan raised the limit almost 20 times -- but has become controversial more recently as conservatives have sought to leverage their votes to rein in federal spending.
36% : The debate highlights an early consequence of the concessions McCarthy made to his conservative detractors in order to win the Speaker's gavel earlier this month, which included a vow to keep the debt ceiling off the floor unless it came with efforts to slash federal spending.

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