Some Senate Democrats are circulating a letter urging President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to lift the debt ceiling. In remarks at the White House, Biden said, "It's about competing versions of America.Jim Clyburn called on Biden to use an untested legal strategy to avert a debt default: using the 14th Amendment to circumvent Congress. So far, neither President Joe Biden nor House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, RCalif. , is giving ground ahead of debt ceiling talks. The president says he is willing to discuss possible deficit savings, but without the threat of the federal government being unable to pay its bills. Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the. State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. This section shows proposed and actual changes to the City Charter from 1968 to 2014. The following table contains a list of City elections, since 1968.