Posted on 04/27/2023 6:12:59 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
During an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) noted that then-House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tied fiscal and spending talks to raising the debt limit in 2019 and refused to pass a clean debt ceiling increase, and that Pelosi, along with President Biden, have opposed past debt ceiling raises without fiscal changes and that Pelosi and Biden did so back when the national debt was lower than it is now.
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A debt ceiling is like a bar full of drunks swearing the next round will be their last.
I get the sense that McCarthy is more competent than anyone has given him credit for.
“A debt ceiling is like a bar full of drunks swearing the next round will be their last.”
Plus all the drinks are on the house, pardon my pun.
It probably still is the case but reporting rules for lobbyists were that a sit down meal or drink bought for a Congresscritter had to be reported but if they stood up it did not have to be.
Based on his record in office, um no. He’s given the progressives anything they want. He’s just kabuki. He *is* going to let them spend more. He will put his terms out there and they won’t it follow it.
Just like the money for trumps wall… he let them deal the cards and we got stuck with a mess… and a lot of dem power in places they shouldn’t have.
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