House Republicans are considering a new strategy in the run-up to the next debt-ceiling showdown, reports the Financial Times.

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“Republicans in the House ways and means and budget committees have been weighing a plan to tie a series of increases in the debt ceiling to progress on tax reform. This marks a change from the Republicans’ starting position in the 2011 stand-off, when the US came within hours of default. The Republican demand at the time was that any increase in borrowing authority needed to be coupled by an equal amount of spending cuts,” the report says.

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