Just run out a bill that increases the debt ceiling and renews the Hyde Amendment (something that a majority of Americans usually support) and dare Republicans to filibuster it.
They would filibuster it and suffer 0 consequences from the public or the media.
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Looks like it is āsolvedā with an extension to December, then the Dems will use reconciliation
this is the next best thing to student loan forgiveness, right? right, anakin?
Mitch caving until December. Fuck that.
LOL. My wife turned on CNN, and they have a counter with days, hours, minutes and seconds showing the time left until the debt ceiling deadline in big bold font, even though that doesnāt happen for another 11+ days.
No wonder he lost
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Recess saved!
Lol yeah donāt use this moment to pressure cinema and manchin on passing reconciliation infrastructure or nuke the filibuster you schmuck.
Absolutely fucking useless
Just remember those chants from all the Democratic Rallies.
What do we want?
The absolute bare minimum!
When do we want it?
By the fourth month long Senate Vacation of the Year!
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You gotta fight
For your right
To reeeeeeeeeecess
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Bernie seems like heās had enough of Manchinās bullshit.
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Yup, complete DGAF mode, doing air quotes with all 5 fingers.
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We all feel frustrated, imagine Bernieās frustration. Iām amazed dude is able to keep it together
Preach
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1446195877937356807
https://twitter.com/ericg1247/status/1446200819523588096?s=21
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The Republicans like to have short-term increases because it means the press repeats large numbers about the national debt and they can do a lot of public complaining about the size of government.
Would they agree to amending the Congressional Budget Act to allow for unlimited use of reconciliation to pass clean debt ceiling increases so long as it is small enough to require a new bill in three months? That way there is no risk to tanking the economy but they get a bunch of extra free press several times each year to use their talking points on government spending. (Unless the debt ceiling is increased without reconciliation.)
Yes they would because dems would have to waste 8 weeks of floor time a year on this. Dems never accept it.