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.President Joe Biden has resurfaced the controversial idea of using the 14th Amendment as a way to lift the borrowing cap 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 Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Strickland, Note, The Public Debt Clause Debate: Who Controls this Lost Section of the. Jim Clyburn called on Biden to use an untested legal strategy to avert a debt default: using the 14th Amendment to circumvent Congress. The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. Q. How were deputies to the Constitutional Convention chosen? Designation of beneficiaries of insurance or employee death benefits not testamentary.