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https://www.politicususa.com/2021/10/12/speaker-pelosi-just-outsmarted-mitch-mcconnell.htmlPosted on Tue, Oct 12th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Speaker Pelosi Just Outsmarted Mitch McConnell By Using His Own Debt Ceiling Proposal Against Him
At her weekly press conference, Speaker Pelosi announced that House Democrats are using Mitch McConnells debt ceiling proposal as a potential permanent fix.
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Speaker Pelosi said:
That decision could be overruled by the congress. It would take 60 votes under the present custom. But nonetheless, congress would have to overrule that. That seems to have some appeal to both sides of the aisle because of the consequences to people of not lifting it. But many Democrats and Republicans have voted against lifting the debt ceiling, but never to the extent of jeopardizing it. This is the first time.
Speaker Pelosi Has Turned The Tables On Mitch McConnell
Speaker Pelosi is going to use Mitch McConnells own ideas against him and expose his hypocrisy by making him vote against his own proposals.
The idea behind the McConnell idea is a good one. The debt ceiling is too vital to the US economy. It should not be a political football in the hands of congress.
The debt ceiling is an artificial construct. It is not in the constitution. Congress can choose to handle US debt any way that it pleases as long as it does not put the full faith and credit of the United States in jeopardy.
Over and over again, Democrats have outsmarted McConnell on the debt ceiling, and the best move of all will be to free the debt ceiling hostage forever by using Minority Leader McConnells own idea against him.
doc03
(35,324 posts)just lie
jimfields33
(15,760 posts)Hes done that for ten years or however long hes been minority leader though out his tenure. When hes majority, he seems to find a way to pass house bills.
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SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)and that puts McConnell on the back burner where he belongs.
But then there's the Sinema/Manchin problem. How do we get those two "mavericks" on board?
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SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)She sucks up to more corporate donors than the Better Business Bureau. Such a maverick.
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SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)you dress like a color-blind teenager with absolutely no fashion sense whatsoever.
Only then will I accept your overly pretentious negative feedback of said "maverick" nomenclature.
She's a walking disaster in almost every respect. In defense of Ms. Sinema, she apparently does practice good dental hygiene. 😉 There, I've said something nice about her.
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bedazzled
(1,761 posts)intelligence, good looks and fashion sense.
This is in congress?
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)"This is different because the party in power is different."
caraher
(6,278 posts)He is the model of consistency. The only principal to consult is whether it is to the advantage of his party or disadvantage of the Democrats.
"My proposal is only good when the Secretary of the Treasury is a Republican"
Walleye
(30,998 posts)Leith
(7,808 posts)Claire McCaskill got whiplash!
Fullduplexxx
(7,851 posts)A