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. With negotiations over the debt ceiling stalling, some lawmakers are pushing President Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment.The House and Senate have passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling until 2025. The President will sign the bipartisan measure. To hear one Republican tell it, the GOP will "blow crap up" if the White House circumvents them on the debt ceiling. The Constitution forbids using the threat of national default the way some in Congress are now using it. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Does the president have authority to borrow beyond the statutory debt limit? President Biden has suggested invoking the 14th Amendment of the Constitution after the current debt ceiling standoff.