McCarthy Scoffs At Biden Threat To Use 14th Amendment On Debt Limit Spending

As worries of a U.S. default grow more pressing, discussions inside the Beltway have heated up over whether or not the debt ceiling is constitutional under the 14th Amendment, which primarily deals with citizenship and was introduced to the Constitution after the Civil War.

The central clause of the theory comes from the 14th Amendment, which states that the national debt "shall not be questioned."