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Posted on 02/06/2023 7:58:28 PM PST by RandFan
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says he is “tired of caving” on the debt limit and is dialing up the pressure on Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) not to swoop in to strike a last-minute deal with President Biden.
Scott’s full-court press on McConnell is an extension of their battle last year over the leadership of the Senate GOP conference, which McConnell won in a closed-door leadership election in November.
Scott tried to oust McConnell from the top Senate Republican leader’s spot after Republicans failed to win the Senate majority in November and helped lead the fight against passing the $1.7 trillion year-end omnibus spending package.
Scott said he’s not giving up his effort to cut federal spending and that he’s willing to clash with McConnell again over the debt limit, which has already expired, forcing the Treasury Department to use “extraordinary measures” to make payments.
“I’m not going to back down,” Scott told The Hill during an interview in his Capitol office after McConnell decided to remove the Florida senator from the powerful Commerce Committee, a move that conservatives viewed as fallout from the November leadership race, which Scott lost 37-10.
McConnell also removed Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who nominated Scott for Senate Republican leader in November and helped lead the fight against passing last year’s omnibus spending bill, from the Commerce panel.
Scott has been gearing up to battle McConnell over the debt limit since April of 2021, when he pushed to amend the Senate GOP conference rules to require that “any increase in the debt ceiling must be accompanied by cuts in federal spending of an equal or greater amount as the debt ceiling increase, or meaningful structural reform.”
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Mcconnell is the minority leader. If people wanted the senate, they would have voted him majority leader instead. Scott can be stupid at times.
“leads”
misleads
I eating fromage and we’re discussing Mitch McConnell.
Excuse me while I slice off some more.
“tired of caving”
Mitch would happily tell you that Kentucky is the home of Mammoth Cave National Park.
Prayers for Sen Scott!!
RINO?? No, he’s always been a conservative, asaik.
The Senate should stop their earmarks!..................
Rick Scott ain’t perfect, but he’s hands down better than cocaine mitch.
Good stuff, I I do like Sen. Scott!
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Good for Rick Scott!
Bald-headed and awkward in manner, Rick Scott has no charm or charisma, yet he was tough and highly successful in business and became a good GOP governor in Florida in his first run for office. A friend who was a real estate developer from New York took note and began to wonder. Now they (Scott and Trump) share the same adversary in the person of Mitch McConnell.
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