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(2,260 posts) Sat Dec 11, 2021, 10:56 AM Dec 2021

I don't really understand the procedural details, but they circumvented the filibuster and got the debt ceiling increase by tacking it onto another bill. I suppose that allows the GOP to raise the debt ceiling, avoiding default and still oppose raising the debt ceiling to save face.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-clears-key-hurdle-toward-lifting-debt-ceiling-avoiding-default-n1285675

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The Filibuster...Part II (Original Post) Septua Dec 2021 OP

Interesting that many of the senators are retiring question everything Dec 2021 #1

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1. Interesting that many of the senators are retiring

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:04 AM

Dec 2021

and then “the usual suspects” : Romney, Murkowski and Collins, also the turtle