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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, the idea is to put raising the debt limit in the reconciliation bill!
Link to tweet
oooooo, nice idea!
This way President Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda can't get derailed by the two "moderate" senators.
Not raising the debt limit is political suicide and will tank the economy and crash the stock market, so no way even the two "moderate" senators can vote against such a bill.
Nice!
We all win!
Mr.Bill
(24,274 posts)what they think of that?
Right, no need to ask, they'll tell us soon enough.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)Seems they are going to be out smarted and President Biden wins.
Amishman
(5,554 posts)A stand alone debt ceiling bill is almost certainly fully drafted and ready to go at the 11th hour if needed.
They can flip the script, us the rest of the party willing to crash the economy for the sake of getting the economic bill passed? I'm not sure our party leadership has it in them.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)Where it belongs, imho.
this would force THEM to be the ones voting AGAINST a bill President Biden wants, if they so choose that is.
I think both will fold. That seems to be the consensus according to the tweet from the NBC News reporter.
msongs
(67,394 posts)bluewater
(5,376 posts)That's a political third rail.
Not raising the debt limit would tank the economy and stock market.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)Apparently they do not think it's political suicide. I would not it past those two moderate Democrats to do the same.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)bluewater
(5,376 posts)Response to bluewater (Reply #6)
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bluewater
(5,376 posts)But it puts all the pressure back on the two "moderate" senators.
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Rebl2
(13,485 posts)believe the two supposed moderates would vote against it.
BumRushDaShow
(128,773 posts)either as a standalone or in combination with a revenue and/or a spending one.