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Pelosi Urges Debt-Ceiling Vote in Lame-Duck Session
November 13, 2022 at 2:59 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/13/pelosi-urges-debt-ceiling-vote-in-lame-duck-session/
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled that Democrats will seek to extend the federal debt ceiling during the lame-duck session of Congress, avoiding a potential fight with Republicans that she said could threaten the USs credit rating, Bloomberg reports.
Even with party control of the House undecided on Sunday after the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Pelosi cited Republican threats to use the debt-limit extension to cut Medicare and Social Security.
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superpatriotman
(6,253 posts)While the adults are still firmly in charge.
Silent3
(15,296 posts)Just fucking double or triple the debt ceiling, there shouldn't even be one anyway. Put it way out of reach of Republican trouble-making.
moonshinegnomie
(2,496 posts)raise the ceiling to 1 quadrillion dollars.
and never need to worry about it again
JohnSJ
(92,449 posts)onetexan
(13,070 posts)intrepidity
(7,339 posts)Anyone know?
bottomofthehill
(8,351 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Freethinker65
(10,068 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,666 posts)The debt ceiling makes no sense and should be abolished
Trailrider1951
(3,415 posts)thing to do. She knows how idiots like Gym Jordan, et.al. will act with even a 1 Repub. majority. Do it now!