McConnell Filibusters His Own Bill To Lift Debt Ceiling

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wanted to prove on Thursday that Democrats don’t have the votes to weaken Congress’ authority on the debt limit. Instead they called his bluff, and he ended up filibustering his own bill.

The legislation, modeled on a proposal McConnell offered last year as a “last-choice option” to avert a U.S. debt default, would permit the president to unilaterally lift the debt ceiling unless Congress mustered a two-thirds majority to stop him.

McConnell brought up the legislation Thursday morning. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) initially objected, seemingly proving the Republican leader’s point that it cannot pass the Senate. But then Reid ran it by his members and, in the afternoon, agreed to hold that same vote. This time it was McConnell who objected.

“The Republican leader objects to his own idea,” Reid declared on the floor. “So I guess we have a filibuster of his own bill.”


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[Rex]

1. That man is running out of straws to grab for imo.

What can you do to top your own idiocy after fighting publicly your own ideas in Congress?

Isn't that like getting KOd while shadow boxing?

WHAT I ASK...can top this high form of moran-ism?

Anyone?

[LiberalAndProud]

2. The Senate Dems are wising up.

If the Dems refuse to eat the shit the Cons serve up, they'll be forced to eat it themselves. Who woulda thunk it?

[ladjf]

3. Good. This just shows how important that the 51 vote majority rule be put in place. Otherwise,

we will still be in the same place we've been for the past 4 years. That's a no brainer.