Posted on 08/10/2021 7:59:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Forty-six GOP senators are warning that they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, as Republicans ramp up pressure on Democrats to increase the nation's borrowing limit on their own.
All but four members of the Senate GOP caucus signed onto the letter - addressed to "fellow Americans" and released Tuesday night - that warns that the 46 GOP senators won't support a debt hike, regardless of whether it's attached to another bill or brought up on its own.
"We, the undersigned Republican Senators, are letting Senate Democrats and the American public know that we will not vote to increase the debt ceiling, whether that increase comes through a stand-alone bill, a continuing resolution, or any other vehicle," the 46 GOP senators wrote in the letter.
"This is a problem created by Democrat spending. Democrats will have to accept sole responsibility for facilitating it," they added.
Raising the debt ceiling doesn't cover new spending, but allows the Treasury Department to cover money already greenlit by Congress.
The letter was spearheaded by GOP Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who is up for reelection next year and hasn't announced whether he will run. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and GOP Sens. John Thune (S.D.), John Barrasso (Wyo.) and Roy Blunt (Mo.) - the second, third and fourth-ranked Senate Republican, respectively - were also among those who signed the letter.
The GOP senators who didn't sign the letter were: Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Richard Shelby (Ala.) and John Kennedy (La.).…
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
It will end like their “stand” against the infrastructure bill.
All it takes is one Pierre.
As always most will fold.
So Mittens signed the letter? I am surprised, I thought he was all in on anything the Dimmocretins did.
It so : “ Democrats will attempt to pass a debt ceiling increase through regular Senate procedure, meaning that it will require at least 10 GOP votes to overcome a likely filibuster. ”
A filibuster makes the threshold 60, but why not all 50?
He’s shot his wad, and needs a nap, now; he voted to pass the $1.2T Infrastructure bill.
You guys have NO power.
The Dems are doing it all through reconciliation.
Kabuki
The Uniparty is pathetic
Sure they won’t.
It’s possible Sinema and Manchin will threaten to do away with the filibuster if the GOP doesn’t support - else, we are headed for an inflection point in this country
And Lucy tees up the football yet once more.
They will have fought the good fight as they will tell the public, but Mittens Magee will fold along with Collins, Murkowski, and Graham.
They are NOT doing it thru reconciliation - Schumer is playing ‘Who’s your daddy’ with the GOP …
Its all for pretend because the debt ceiling increase will be approved in the end.
They are doing this for show and pretend.
Get out of here with your realistic take on politics. Old Mitch the turtle said he wouldn’t support any more democrat bills (after voting for more spending). He made quite the speach saying so.
The republican party is dead
They can all go straight to hell.
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