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Botany

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8. I might be wrong but I think Mitch blinked after the rich powers that be told him to stop the crap..

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Oct 7, 2021, 11:53 AM

Oct 2021

... because if we had a Govt. shutdown and the market goes down they would lose billions.
And now Biden can use reconciliation to pass his infrastructure plan.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2021 OP

Look at the smirk piddyprints Oct 2021 #1

Oh ...right there with ya! PortTack Oct 2021 #2

The replacement will be much worse jimfields33 Oct 2021 #3

So, the soulless bastard can pull the same thing again Bayard Oct 2021 #4

The timing had crossed my mind. Harker Oct 2021 #7

He wants the resolution to specify $$$ not time. Tommymac Oct 2021 #13

Triple loser. Yes. Yes. Yes. Harker Oct 2021 #14

One googolplex Slammer Oct 2021 #19

We went through this before when Pres. Obama was in office Marthe48 Oct 2021 #11

Exactly Rebl2 Oct 2021 #12

McConnell... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2021 #5

Yeah, the one with the anal probe Trailrider1951 Oct 2021 #15

Only two months, but sounds like Democrats didn't meet any of McConnell's GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #6

I might be wrong but I think Mitch blinked after the rich powers that be told him to stop the crap.. Botany Oct 2021 #8

This was not a deal to overt a shutdown Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #9

Sorry you are right I should have said to allow a debt limit increase instead of a govt. shutdown. Botany Oct 2021 #10

Really pleased to see this progress Karma13612 Oct 2021 #16

Not too melodramatic at all. honest.abe Oct 2021 #17

Mitch sees our poll numbers so he'll be a good boy now bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #18