Group of Senate Democrats today will introduce a bill that would give the President the ability to raise the debt ceiling without Congressional approval - The tactic is known as the 'McConnell Rule,' after the minority leader who first proposed it and then backed away from the idea during the original debt ceiling battle in 2011.
- Link: {http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/331103-senate-dems-to-call-for-mcconnell-rule-on-debt-ceiling}