[quote=The-Shoveler]Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives the president the power to bypass Congress and raise the debt ceiling by executive order.[/quote]
That issue is a few weeks away. (I think 10/17 is the projected date where the cash runs out.) With some exceptions, costs for running the federal government can’t be paid without an appropriation passed by congress and signed by the president. Currently there is none.
