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. Some Senate Democrats are circulating a letter urging President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to lift the debt ceiling.But as the August 2 deadline nears, ABC7 political analyst Bruce Cain says the idea is getting more attention. Some Senate Democrats are circulating a letter urging President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to lift the debt ceiling. Strickland, Note, The Public Debt Clause Debate: Who Controls this Lost Section of the. A handful of Democrats are urging the president to use the amendment to raise the nation's debt limit without Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The 14th Amendment became part of the Constitution after the Civil War. Landmark Legislation: 14th Amendment. Were the court to rule in favour of the White House invoking the 14th Amendment, it would effectively end the debt limit as we know it.