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Sen Min Ldr To Biden: Nation Sleepwalking Towards Danger

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Chad Pergram at FOX News tweets on Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)'s letter to President Biden on the debt ceiling deadline:

  • "What is so stark here in McConnell's letter to Biden is that the GOP has no list of demands on the debt ceiling. They are not trying to haggle over spending or get a fiscal discipline mechanism installed here over the debt ceiling in exchange for GOP votes. Republicans have been consistent since summertime: Democrats should do the debt ceiling on their own. And they should do it via the special budget reconciliation process which is exempt from filibusters."
  • "Otherwise, Democrats need to get 10 GOP votes to overcome a filibuster on legislation. And...Based on a ruling by the Parliamentarian, the Senate COULD USE…reconciliation..once..just for the debt ceiling..and then recalibrate the same reconciliation package to move the social spending package, if and when that ever comes together."
McConnell Letter to President Biden:

Source: Senate minority leader's office

Source: Senate minority leader's office

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