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All it takes is US Congress to vote to raise the limit. This is McCarthy's Republican house hoping that Biden would get blamed, and any consequences to everyone
by bediger4000 4y ago
All it takes is US Congress to vote to raise the limit. This is McCarthy's Republican house hoping that Biden would get blamed, and any consequences to everyone else don't matter.
- augment003 4y agoIt’s unlikely that anyone who doesn’t already blame Biden will end up blaming him.
- bediger4000 4y agoOk. So why is McCarthy doing this? He was happy to raise the debt ceiling 2017-2018.
- augment003 4y agoPresumably because a bunch of people he needs votes from are demanding it.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> So why is McCarthy doing this? He was happy to raise the debt ceiling 2017-2018. Because unlike in 2017, Republicans don’t hold the White House and the Senate, so McCarthy is grabbing on to any source of leverage on other issues that Republicans in the House wouldn’t need if their party controlled the rest of government.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoNo. It takes the president signing it after Congress passes it. So if I understand correctly, McCarthy wants to pass a bill to raise the limit (along with some other stuff), and the president says he'll veto it (because of the other stuff). Who do you blame for that? And if your answer is "Congress", do you blame Congress all the other times they pass bills with "some other stuff" in them? If not, why do you blame them this time?