In early December 2022 (which, if memory serves me right, was after the elections, during the lame duck, and before the last omnibus bill), the Washington Post printed the above story saying “sometime in 2023”, the US will hit the debt limit again. That “sometime in 2023” is less than 20 days into the year.
Until the Republicans can actually articulate a simple concept like “hey, y’all knew this was coming, you still passed a 1.7 trillion dollar spending bill anyway, this is on you.”, this stupid game will keep going.
Maybe they could articulate simple concepts like that if they weren’t in on the scam themselves.
I say raise the debt limit with the provision that every earmark from a republican who was retiring or voted out of office gets stripped and deallocated. The dems will get what they want and the republicans will get what they deserve.
“you still passed a 1.7 trillion dollar spending bill anyway, this is on you.”
It’s their collective responsibility, they are all in it. The Constitution says the House SHALL produce an annual budget. Every House Member should resign/be impeached just over that. This is a joint effort and they will continue in this fashion.
When you approve your spending for a year, you don’t hit your imaginary “ceiling” for a year. These debt ceiling approvals and the hidden deals used to make them are how they approve even more spending/debt under the table.