Sentence examples for refuse to raise from inspiring English sources

Republicans are also threatening to refuse to raise the government debt ceiling.

Going in, taking the applause, risking nothing because you refuse to raise the issues?

Still, a government shutdown looks benign compared with the possibility that Congress might refuse to raise the debt ceiling.

And he should refuse to raise their, and the world's, expectations of what the under-equipped UN can do.

And he wasn't the least bit ambiguous about why: unnecessary austerity and dangerous threats to refuse to raise the debt ceiling.

Complicating matters further, Congressional Republicans have threatened to refuse to raise the government's borrowing limit later next month, meaning the country could default on some of its debt.

As to whether Mr. Obama would refuse to raise money for Democrats who vote against the measure, Mr. Kaine said they did not discuss it.

Mr. Boehner said on Tuesday that his party would again refuse to raise any taxes, relying on spending cuts to offset the debt increase.

Republicans risked a government shutdown over a few billion dollars in spending cuts, and are now threatening to refuse to raise the government's debt ceiling.

Republicans say they are willing to overhaul the tax code to increase federal revenue, but they refuse to raise income tax rates.

House Republicans threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling — that is, force a repudiation of debts already accrued — would violate that "fundamental principle" of the Constitution.