Posted on 05/15/2023 10:56:51 AM PDT by John Semmens
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), the congressman most responsible for getting Joe Biden elected president, has called for his protegee "to bypass the House bill authorizing an increase in the debt limit and unilaterally decree it himself. Look, the whole American people elected Biden to be their president. This is a mandate that cannot be matched by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) who won only one district in his state. In a democracy, the person with the most votes gets to rule the country. That person is Biden. He should rule us."
McCarthy rejected Clyburn's call for one-man rule, saying "ours is a government of divided and counterbalancing powers. Every other increase in the debt limit has been passed by Congress after a comprise was negotiated between both Parties. Granted, I represent only one district, but representatives from a majority of the districts passed a bill that would raise the debt limit in exchange for some reductions in spending. The galloping inflation we are seeing is due in large part to excessive government spending. Ignoring this source of the problem and demanding that the spending spree must continue without restraint is fiscally imprudent."
"I am a big proponent of executive authority when the right person is in power," Clyburn said in rebuttal. "If Trump were still president there's no way I would ever support a simple decree on the debt or anything else. Fortunately, by the grace of God, Trump is not the president. Joe Biden is a man of integrity, wisdom, and compassion. I have total faith that whatever he does is for the good of the country. I think it is everyone's duty to support the man the people chose to lead America. It's the only way we can achieve the unity we all crave."
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” In a democracy, the person with the most votes gets to rule the country. That person is Biden. He should rule us.”
What can I say but ‘Sieg Heil’.
The Republican Party simply can not and will not further permit the Democrats to vote buy their way into total domination over us.
The choice of how current Republicans must fight is the only one currently available.
Yeah, Biden can Eat Dict.
Sorry there Jim this is a Republic and the House holds the purse strings.
It is not a debt limit. The total debt of the United States will continue to mount past the limit.
The law in question is an enabling law that allows the Treasury to issue additional debt to a certain point. Its purpose was to allow the Treasury to issue debt at better terms for the government.
Prior to the law, each borrowing had to be specifically approved by Congress.
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