WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday said he would support allowing the U.S. Treasury secretary to unilaterally extend the limit on federal borrowing, with Congress then allowed to veto that decision.
“It’s a good option,” U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer, the majority leader for Democrats in the chamber, told reporters. He said the Treasury secretary should be allowed “to make a judgment.”
(Reporting by Jason Lange; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
