Name: Explaining the Debt Ceiling Deadline
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Description: President Joe Biden recently asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to increase the nation's debt ceiling without any conditions, but McCarthy rejected his request. With the deadline less than 24 hours away, NTD spoke to Rachel Snyderman, a senior associate director of business and economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, to find out what's at stake.

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President Joe Biden recently asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to increase the nation's debt ceiling without any conditions, but McCarthy rejected his request. With the deadline less than 24 hours away, NTD spoke to Rachel Snyderman, a senior associate director of business and economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, to find out what's at stake.

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