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Schumer Asks Senate For UC To Raise Debt Ceiling By Simple Majority

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Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has stated that he will seek unanimous consent to allow for the suspension or the raising of the debt ceiling by a simple majority vote, rather than the 60 required at present.

  • Grace Segers at New Republic tweets: "Schumer says he will ask for unanimous consent to increase the debt limit with a simple majority, instead of a 60-vote threshold - asking Republicans not to filibuster. "Let's see if Leader McConnell truly wants what he's asking for," Schumer says. "It is a way out. It is a straightforward proposition. If Republicans really want to see the debt ceiling raised without providing a single vote, I'm prepared to have that vote," Schumer says. No indication that Republicans will agree to this."

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