The spin that some are using to say Biden could just go ahead and borrow more money even if Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit is incorrectly interpreting what the 14th Amendment says. The quote shown below in the article is that the validity of the debt shall not be questioned. That just means that the US government can’t default on it’s debt by refusing to pay it. So if there is a crisis temporarily because of funding the debt, may be discounted in the marketplace because one might have to wait for timely repayment but you are going to get paid.(maybe in devalued fiat currency, but you will be repaid) The clause addressing this is just a restatement that no one can question whether a debt incurred by the US government is valid, meaning the government can’t just somewhere down the road claim that a particular debt or all their debt for that matter isn’t valid(for any reason) and therefore won’t be honored. It doesn’t say anything about the governments ability to issue new debt. Biden is trying to put the chicken before the egg. He is trying to say that the 14th amendment means that because Congress passed spending bills that now need to be financed he can issue more debt to cover that authorized spending. Not the same thing as saying that ONCE the US actually borrows the money(issues treasury securities) it cannot refuse to pay that debt back when it comes due.                                                                https://www.zerohedge.com/political/desperate-dems-float-14th-amendment-debt-ceiling-override