Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Democrats are planning to accept an offer from Mitch McConnell to let them raise the debt ceiling into December without a GOP filibuster, multiple senators said after a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday.

Senate leaders were working to finalize the deal on Wednesday night, effectively deciding to kick the can on the stalemate over the nation‘s borrowing limit for the next two months. But even as Democrats accepted part of the Senate minority leader’s entreaties, they pledged to reject his demands that the majority party use the laborious process of budget reconciliation to pass a longer debt ceiling increase.

Democrats accepted the deal because "Mitch McConnell finally saw the light" on offering a solution that could pass quickly, said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

"We're going to raise the debt ceiling and we're going to go on and pass infrastructure," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). "We're never going to do it through reconciliation."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/06/republicans-filibuster-debt-limit-515355

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Kicks the can down the road

What shit will Moscow Mitch pull then.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Maybe McConnell saw that Twilight Zone episode, where playing kick the can...

makes the old young again.

[Harker]

4. If he doesn't kick the bucket first. n/t

[yaesu]

3. maddow just said the mcturtle is demanding a debt amount instead of a debt date

so fascists can use the number against Dem candidates, I hope Dems don't fall for that.

[Salviati]

6. Democrats should authorize honoring our debts up to tree(3) dollars.

Effectively end the debt limit, and the republicans can have fun explaining tree(3) to the idjits.

[Dawson Leery]

5. The Rethugs want the Dems to give them a number so it can be used against them

next year.