McConnell says no Republicans will vote to raise debt ceiling

[Zorro]

Source: CNN

Republicans will not vote to increase the debt ceiling, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a new interview, putting additional political pressure on Democrats in the coming weeks.

"I can't imagine there will be a single Republican voting to raise the debt ceiling after what we've been experiencing," McConnell said in an interview with Punchbowl News published Wednesday.

Democrats could include the debt ceiling increase in their budget reconciliation bill currently being debated, multiple sources tell CNN. But the more likely scenario is that Democrats could tie the debt ceiling to a must-pass funding bill at the end of September, which would force Republicans to decide if they'd want to vote to default and shut down the government at the same time. The Treasury Department has several methods available to delay the effects of the debt ceiling limit until the fall, as the fiscal year ends on September 30.

If Democrats did include the debt ceiling increase in reconciliation, lawmakers would need to choose what the new borrowing limit should be in the legislation given the special budget rules.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/mitch-mcconnell-debt-ceiling-republicans-democrats-reconciliation/index.html

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Figures.

[Midnight Writer]

1. "after what we've been experiencing"? They have their feelings hurt so they'll shut it all down.

Nothing like using your political power to settle your petty grievances.

Just like Rand referring criminal charges against Fauci for sassing him.

These Republicans are all about power and nothing about service to the people and to the country.

[EndlessWire]

8. You got that right.

I am so disappointed in our Government. You hire them to solve problems over a spectrum, and all you get is this utter crap, which they think is acceptable and desirable behavior. All we hear is about how the Repubs plan to disrupt everything until they can grab power again and subject us all to their own fascist agenda. Shame on all of them! Except for Dems, although I just don't get what's his name, and the other one.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

36. Here's what the GQP has been experiencing: (1) Loss of the Senate, and (2) loss of the presidency.

There's also a select committee set up to investigate, among other things, whether some of their congressional members and their party's Dear Leader were directly or indirectly involved in the insurrection on 1/6. Just a guess, but I'll bet that's something else Moscow Mitch would just as soon not experience.

[rickyhall]

40. The Pussy Party

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Here we go again with this nonsense. GQP hates America.

[roamer65]

3. Get rid of it.

[BlueIdaho]

4. Cant wait to watch him eat his hat... again.

This is all part of the Republican shit show. Until they get rid of the debt limit - they will be forced to vote to raise it over and over again.

[lsewpershad]

5. And all (majority ) of repukes

like brainless puppets will follow his voice.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. Use the infrastructure bill to kill this requirement once and for all.

The only thing it does is give Republicans a hostage to take periodically. It serves no other purpose.

[FBaggins]

12. They can't

Reconciliation can tell the budget committees to increase the debt ceiling by a specific amount or can suspend it for a given period of time (still questioned IIRC)... but a different change (like getting rid of the ceiling entirely) would require a different bill (which could be filibustered).

Besides... that would play into their hands from a PR perspective.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. There are other types of reconcilliation

including one specifically dealing with the debt.

Senate Voting Rules and Budget Reconciliation Explained (Part 1)

January 25, 2021 Kelly Whitener

(snip)

Reconciliation bills however are not an open-ended, easy way to maneuver around the Senate’s filibuster rules. The Senate can consider three basic subjects of reconciliation – spending, revenues, and the federal debt limit – in a single bill or multiple bills, but it can consider each of these in only one bill per year (unless Congress passes a second budget resolution).

https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2021/01/25/senate-voting-rules-and-budget-reconciliation-explained/

This year, the "American Rescue Plan" utilized the "spending" option as far as I'm aware. They want to pass an Infrastructure bill (which would obviously also be a "spending" one) but that won't be able to be done using that type until after the end of this FY (post-September 30). However the other 2 options should be there, assuming neither of the others were already rolled into the American Rescue Plan one.

An example of use of one of the types was back in 2017, when the tax cuts for the rich was passed using a "revenue" one for reconciliation.

[FBaggins]

19. That's the option that I was talking about

The debt limit is a separate category of reconciliation (though for obvious reasons they usually go together)... but the rules limit that change to stating what the new limit is... which wouldn't include "we no longer have a limit"

[BumRushDaShow]

23. I don't think they are ever going to try to get rid of the limit

at any time in the future. There would need to be an almost entirely new Congress around to even attempt to broach that...

[Salviati]

46. Simple.

Have the reconciliation bill raise the debt limit to TREE(3) dollars. That is an incomprehensibly huge, but finite, number. Problem solved.

[FBaggins]

51. Which causes its own problems

The ads write themselves.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. After they voted to raise it for tRump. So hypocritical. . . . nt

[sakabatou]

9. Isn't that the Repuke mantra these days? Create a problem so others have to fix it?

[RussBLib]

13. that has been going on for far too long

Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump. The worst of the worst.

[elleng]

10. 'after what we've been experiencing.'

like catastrophic pandemic.

[FSogol]

14. GOP: Grand Obstruction Party

[BumRushDaShow]

15. And right on queue - the old playbook has been pulled out of storage and dusted off.

[Calista241]

16. This is just a shot across the bow.

Primarily at Manchin and other Dems to get them to restrict the size of the reconciliation bill.

[BootinUp]

17. That gambit will fail again. Nt

[OneCrazyDiamond]

25. IKR.

When has this ever worked for them?

[FakeNoose]

21. So typical - now all of a sudden they care about the national debt again

But, but but! ... Nary a word was said the entire time Chump was cleaning out the US Treasury for himself and his friends.

[Traildogbob]

22. Of course

While they SCREAM partisanship for Pelosi denying GYM Jordon investigating himself, they will follow the Turtle to zero GQP doing any of the job.

[Johnny2X2X]

24. Reconciliation Bill

The Reps are already killing the bipartisan infrastructure deal, Dems will have to go it alone, I say throw everything in that bill, including "funding" for voter rights assurance.

Put it all in there, might as well. Manchin can be convinced, he will be a yes.

[IronLionZion]

26. What are they experiencing?

Lots of new jobs, an improving economy, high approval rating for our president, pandemic ending for vaccinated regions. Yeah, that sounds pretty awful to an awful person like Mitch.

[cstanleytech]

27. Dems should pull in a few Republican Senators in private

that are up for election in 2022 and warn that them their state will be gutted like a fish on receiving more federal monies than their state contributed in taxes if they choose to go along with Mitch on this.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. If it benefited the rich, they'd raise it in a heartbeat.

[jmowreader]

31. The real worry is it does benefit the rich

The rich own most of the debt, and they also own the companies the money is spent at.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. fair point. As Carlin said; "The real owners; They own this fucking place."

[DanieRains]

29. Tax The 1% A One Time $20 Trillion Dollar Flat Tax

That should do for a while.

They will still be insanely rich, and we can have the money to switch to green energy and create jobs.

Win Win!

[iemanja]

30. Interesting how Republicans suddenly become concerned about the debt

only when a Democratic President is in office. Hypocrites.

[Politicub]

34. Shades of the Obama era and the awful sequester

I’m not a bit surprised that the republicans are invoking the debt ceiling as a form of leverage. We are half-assed as a party about the Democratic majority leverage by keeping the filibuster in place.

[AllaN01Bear]

35. this is the way its been for the last 50 years folks . what else is new? nothing.

[pwb]

37. Pukes are not heavy independent thinkers.

Not one .

[turbinetree]

38. They can give 1.5 trillion tax cut without batting an eye, but when it comes to putting people to

work to make a living..........its fuck you don't let the door hit you in the ass...FUCK Moscow Mitch and there fucking horse they ride on...:and there supply side fucking economics which is a fucking failure...grr:

[mpcamb]

42. trump ran up the national debt by 7 TRILLION in 4 years. Why so tightfisted, Mitch?

[turbinetree]

45. Yepper spot on...

he is such a ass....

[mpcamb]

52. McConnell or trump? ...I mean, com'on take your pick!

[turbinetree]

54. Mctrump

[rdking647]

39. while they are at it use reconcilliation to remove the debt ceiling entirely

its stupid to have it at all

[GB_RN]

43. I Agree

Playing chicken with the nation's credit every year or two, especially with guys like Raphael "Ted" sCruz-ball (R-Batshit Crazy), who is noted for playing that game and trying to hold the country hostage, is extra stupid. No other country in the world has a "debt ceiling. It's (long past) time to eliminate ours.

[turbinetree]

47. Yepper spot on.....

tired of the right wing crap all the time.....they can bankrupt the system and then they whine while giving out trillions in tax cuts, and to top it all off they have the lobbyists telling them how to create a tax loop holes so they don't have to pay a tax....and off shore the money....and leave everyone else holding the bag and using the infrastructure being put in place and laughing all the way to the bank and not paying a dime, but using the air force, roads ect......not happening anymore, hell we are still paying for those jerks Cheney and Bush's debacle in the middle east....we at one time had a balance budget....people forget this....

[Historic NY]

41. Schumer should keep the lights on until they do...

no summer vacation and time to regroup. Speak softly and carry a Louisville slugger.

[GB_RN]

44. Carry It Right Upside Moscow Mitch's Head?

[Flash953]

53. what a hippocrite

No one leaves until dems decision is shoved up the Turtle's butt.

[samsingh]

48. unless it's for tax cuts for the ultra rich

[JohnSJ]

49. That didn't work out well for them the last time they did that manuever

[truthisfreedom]

50. Exactly what we respect from Moscow Mitch

And the do-nothing repukes.