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Ok. So why is McCarthy doing this? He was happy to raise the debt ceiling 2017-2018.
by bediger4000 4y ago
Ok. 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.