Trump and Pence issue joint statement, urging Congress to start discussing the debt ceiling issue now

On December 19, U.S. President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence released a joint statement on X, stating "Raising the debt ceiling is not a good thing, but we would rather do it during Biden's term." "If Democrats are unwilling to cooperate on the issue of the debt ceiling now, who would think they will cooperate during our administration in June? Let us have this debate now," Trump and Pence said in the statement. Trump and Pence also called on Congress to "pass a streamlined spending bill that does not allow Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Democrats to do whatever they want."