Alford Talks About Debt Ceiling And The 14th Amendment

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. Iowa has never been fertile ground for Joe Biden. His 2020 presidential campaign limped to a fourth place finish in the state’s technology-glitchy caucus. After bouncing back to win the nomination, Biden lost the state to Donald Trump handily in November. Biden heads back to Iowa for the first time as president on Tuesday facing yet more political peril. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(MISSOURINET) – There’s been speculation that President Joe Biden may use the 14th Amendment to the U-S Constitution to raise the debt ceiling without getting approval from Congress. The amendment best known for granting U-S citizenship to former slaves after the Civil War, but includes a provision stating that “the validity of the public debt…shall not be questioned. Some legal scholars argue that the language gives the president the authority to raise the debt ceiling on his own. Republican Congressman Mark Alford from western Missouri says that would be the wrong approach: