McConnell: 'Republicans united in opposition to raising the debt ceiling
Nothing but obstruction from Repugs
Senate Republicans say they will vote to allow a debt default, leaving Democrats scrambling for plan to avert economic crisis
McConnell: ‘Republicans united in opposition to raising the debt ceiling
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-debt-limit-default/2021/09/17/01fe4caa-1704-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html
Paul Kane Reporter
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Early last year, one of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s longest rivals offered a lesson about why the Kentucky Republican is unfazed by his critics whenever he digs in on a political strategy.
“The people in Kentucky who know him understand that he can’t be shamed into changing,” Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), who has worked with and clashed with McConnell for more than 50 years, said in an interview.
That was January 2020, and the context focused on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) decision to hold articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his actions toward Ukraine to try to pressure McConnell into agreeing to hold an expansive Senate trial that would include witnesses.
Now, almost two years later, Democrats have set up a similar type of strategy that, if successful, will force Republicans to accept their fair share of the national debt that now tops $28 trillion. If this strategy fails, the federal government could run out of funding authority and enter another congressionally forced shutdown — the fourth in less than a decade — and create a debt crisis that could rattle global financial markets..............................................
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sept. 14 said Republicans would oppose a bill to fund the government if it also raised the debt ceiling. (The Washington Post)
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