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Senate Democrats indicate they'll accept GOP debt ceiling offer: 'McConnell caved'
Fox Business ^
| 25 mins ago 10/6/21
| Thomas Barrabi
Posted on 10/06/2021 3:07:49 PM PDT by conservative98
Democrats spoke out after a closed-door meeting in which they discussed McConnell’s offer to raise the debt ceiling by a "fixed dollar amount" through December. Republicans had blocked efforts to suspend the borrowing limit for weeks, arguing Democrats should address the crisis through the budget reconciliation process.
"McConnell caved," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. told reporters after the meeting. "And now we're going to spend our time doing child care, health care, and fighting climate change."
"Mitch folded and we have until December to do Build Back Better. And we will," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., wrote on Twitter.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: americanmarxism; debt; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; resign
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To: conservative98
Oh course the Turdle caved.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:09:04 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
To: conservative98

But American Marxists I love!!!!!
To: conservative98
a republican folded?
no way....
(/s)
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:09:25 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
He did not “cave”. He planned this all along, and he and Schumer are laughing it up behind the scenes at the electorate they no longer need.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:11:21 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Makes me sick. Politics make me sick. I will remember this.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:12:47 PM PDT
by
hoe_cake
(A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
To: conservative98
Also, Build Back Better is such a stupid slogan and is not proper English.
To: hoe_cake
He’s been doing this to America and us Conservatives, for decades. Isn’t John Hinckley and Sirhan getting out soon?
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:16:14 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: conservative98
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:17:12 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: conservative98
Democrats will be able to claim that McConnell’s approval made their debt ceiling hike, bipartisan.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:17:20 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: conservative98
McConnell is a known and recognized spelunker.
To: carriage_hill
Lord, how we need to drain the swamp.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:19:13 PM PDT
by
hoe_cake
(A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
To: conservative98
I don’t see ‘child care, health care and climate change’ in the enumerated powers.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:20:02 PM PDT
by
bakeneko
To: bakeneko
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:20:41 PM PDT
by
hoe_cake
(A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
To: hoe_cake
“I don’t see ‘child care, health care and climate change’ in the enumerated powers.”
It is such a friggin game to politicians. We are helpless to change this, IMO.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:22:20 PM PDT
by
hoe_cake
(A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
To: conservative98
Did we get anything out of this deal? If not what makes this a “deal” and not a lifeline to the Democrats.
To: conservative98
How much extra did he add? I would have preferred that he just add enough to get through next year without any of Biden's stimulus and infrastructure bills. That way the Dems wouldn't be able to hold the country's credit rating hostage to get their way. Also, you know spending won't be restricted any until the Republicans can take the House and Senate, so there is no reason to extend just a few months at a time to allow the Democrats multiple times to take the country hostage.
. "And now we're going to spend our time doing child care, health care, and fighting climate change." "Mitch folded and we have until December to do Build Back Better. And we will,"
Now there is another deadline for a combined debt limit increase and spending frenzy. Just remove the chance for the Dems to set that deadline.
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:24:50 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("Anti-fascist" is from the official name of the Berlin Wall: Anti-fascist Protection Barrier.)
To: conservative98
That’s why we don’t have nice things!!
To: stuck_in_new_orleans; All
Hang on, hang on. No need to jump off a cliff. Redstate spells out the game.
And here’s some D reactions of the situation into which Mitch has painted the Ds.
Durbin: “I don’t like using reconciliation for the debt ceiling.”
Murphy: “My God, that sounds like a terrible idea...Just pushing this crisis off for a couple months sounds like a disaster.”
Hirono: “It’s bullshit.”
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posted on
10/06/2021 3:27:45 PM PDT
by
chiller
(Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
To: tennmountainman
He’s a retreater, just like the rest of his party.
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