WASHINGTON -- Vermont Democratic Rep. Peter Welch is offering a simple way for Congress to avoid damaging standoffs over the nation's debt ceiling: agree to pay the bills before running them up.
Perhaps that seems like an expectation a government would already be meeting, but the way the United States' elected representatives authorize spending now amounts to ordering up a nice meal, then holding a pitched battle over whether or not the check should be paid.
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