Trump suggested scrapping future debt ceiling votes to congressional leaders

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/07/trump-end-debt-ceiling-votes-242429?lo=ap_c1

President Donald Trump suggested to congressional leaders on Wednesday morning that votes to raise the debt ceiling could be done away with altogether, according to three people familiar with the conversation.
In a meeting with GOP and Democratic leaders, in which Trump sided with the Democrats on a fiscal deal to raise the debt ceiling, the president said he believes the votes are unproductive, those people said. Many lawmakers dread the vote, particularly Republicans, some of whom disagree with attempts to raise the debt ceiling without major fiscal reforms.

But House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) put the brakes on the effort at a news conference on Thursday, ruling it out of future fiscal reform discussions.