Editorial: Congress needs some toddler-proofing before the GOP House majority takes power
By the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board
Just as its a good idea to child-proof a home before having toddlers over for a birthday party, congressional Democrats should be doing what they can during the current lame-duck session to prepare for the incoming Republican House majority a crowd that has literally announced its intention to threaten Americas fiscal stability, block election reforms and abandon Ukraine. The current Democratic majority, working with whatever responsible Republicans they can get on board, can extremist-proof Congress in some important ways between now and January.
Anyone who might be offended by the comparison between unruly toddlers and a GOP House majority should consider the words of Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, who is in line for a major budget post under the incoming GOP House majority: The American people expect Congress to use every tool at its disposal to press the Biden administration on issues like taxes, energy policy and the border, Smith said recently, and the debt ceiling absolutely is one of those tools.
Translation: Holding Americas full faith and credit hostage to an array of partisan issues as Republicans did a decade ago, kneecapping the governments credit rating for the first time ever is something Smith and his cohorts are vowing to do again.
No insult intended to toddlers.
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