December 2021
Although lawmakers are poised to stave off a national default barely a week before the Oct. 18 deadline, when the U.S. is projected to breach the debt ceiling, they’ll have to deal with it again in December when the latest short-term extension expires... He renewed his push this week after Republicans, led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), partly backed off their demands that Democrats use the more time-consuming and filibuster-exempt budget reconciliation process to raise the debt limit, ultimately agreeing to a short-term extension lasting into December.
—Cristina Marcos, "Growing number of Democrats endorse abolishing debt limit altogether," 9 Oct. 2021 {6:02 AM EDT}
—Cristina Marcos, "Growing number of Democrats endorse abolishing debt limit altogether," 9 Oct. 2021 {6:02 AM EDT}