The 14th Amendment, Article 4, requires we pay our legally incurred bills. Period. No mention of having to have Congress raise the debt limit. They approved it already in the budget process.
@PBW
It's going to be interesting to see what Biden chooses to do to in response to Republicans' attempt to cause a global depression for sure.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/could-biden-avert-debt-default-by-using-14th-amendment-2023-05-02/
Could Biden use the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling?

President Joe Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the legal right to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling but does not have the time to do so.

Reuters