Democrats will revive the “Gephardt Rule,” introduced in the late 1970s by Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., that automatically raises the debt ceiling — the nation’s borrowing limit — once the House passes a budget.
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Once the House passes a budget, which they haven’t done for years. Maybe Pelosi will just “deem it passed” like last time.
once the House passes a budget.
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Last time I looked, it takes a majority vote in the House and a majority vote in the Senate to pass a budget, and the President has to sign it, before it became law.