Debt Ceiling Battle Rages in D.C.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to reporters about efforts to avoid a government shutdown this weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Congress continues to battle on both sides of the aisle on whether or not to increase the country’s federal debt limit. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to “remember his words” during the Trump Administration.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Correspondent Jamie Jackson’s report:

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