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I really wish the Dems would use their majority to raise the debt ceiling quickly. -- (edited)

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Sep 23 '21, 06:56

This game of chicken with Republicans isn't going to force 10 of them to vote for it.

What it could do make the U.S. default on its debt, withhold money from people who really need it, and be used against the Dems in 2022.

From what I'm reading, they need to start the process now, so it can be raised by October 15th.

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This is all on Mitch the Bitch. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 23, 07:00 17
- But they don't need him. They just don't want to only use their majority because: - Inigo Sep 23, 07:04 16
  - You have to kill the filibuster first -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:13 13
    - Not with this. It just needs a majority. -- (link) - Inigo Sep 23, 07:17 12
      - If they do it via a stand-alone process, Mitch filibusters the CR and shuts down the government. Check. -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 07:25 11
        
        I'm not sure what you mean here. They can pass the debt ceiling raise through reconciliation, and bypass the filibuster. - Inigo Sep 23, 07:33 5
        
        So they burn their reconciliation bill and Mitch wins. - znufrii Sep 23, 07:35 4
        
        So, they shut down the government, default on our debt, and Mitch still wins. - Inigo Sep 23, 07:42 3
        
        Regardless, nothing is going to happen until the last possible minute, so… -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 07:59 2
        
        That's the whole point of this thread. - Inigo Sep 23, 08:09 1
        
        I just wish they would do it quickly. - Spawn Sep 23, 08:14
        
        We should go back to making them actually stand there and filibuster the bill. Make them do the work instead of just saying it. - Krusty Sep 23, 07:28 4
        
        But that would cut into fundraising time and we can't have that! -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:52 1
        
        I have a way to get rid of the need for that too! -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 07:55
        
        I go back and forth on this. Luckily, it's not up to me. :-) (This article from the Brennan Center has me leaning toward abolish.) -- (link) - mara Sep 23, 07:48 1
        
        Saved to read when I get back from the post office. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 07:56
  - He wants them to either burn their chance at a reconciliation bill, or get rid of the filibuster for him. - znufrii Sep 23, 07:12 1
    - But it's not going to ruin the country. The Dems can raise it without him, and he and other Republicans will point that out. - Inigo Sep 23, 07:27
but it might offend someone who will never agree to anything they plan to do anyway! -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:59 1
- lol -- nm - Pippy love Roxanne Sep 23, 08:01
But wait, Joe Manchin needs a new truck, a tiara, a unicorn, and a tray of tacos first. -- nm* - ty97 Sep 23, 06:58 2
- Id honestly rather see them not have the majority then quite literally make this man King of the Democrats in the Senate. - Jovian Sep 23, 07:02 1
  - Yeah, no. We saw what happened when they didn't have the majority and it was bad. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 07:11

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