After warning earlier this week that the Hurricane Harvey cleanup effort would drain the government’s coffers more quickly than expected – meaning that Congress would need to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling ASAP – Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in an appearance on Fox News Sunday instead urged lawmakers to combine funding for Harvey relief with the debt-ceiling bill, arguing that appropriating the money would be “useless” unless he had the power to spend it. His remarks followed a formal request from the White House for $8 billion in Harvey relief funding, which Bud