Manchin backs raising debt ceiling with reconciliation if GOP balks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Democrats should use arcane budget rules to raise the debt ceiling if they can't get a deal with Republicans.

Manchin, speaking at an Economic Club of Washington, D.C., event, first floated that the debt ceiling could be raised through the 14th Amendment, which says the public debt "shall not be questioned."

"The debt limit should be the 14th Amendment. The president has the right to make that decision. We have the right to override if we think he went too far. That to me is the simplest," Manchin said at the event.

But Manchin added that if Democrats can't get GOP support for that idea, then Democrats should use arcane budget rules known as reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/manchin-backs-raising-debt-ceiling-with-reconciliation-if-gop-balks/ar-AAPYlnC

[Walleye]

1. Dear Senator Manchin,Democrats are not going to get GOP support for anything

[ColinC]

2. Cool. Now do voting rights.

[FBaggins]

7. Voting rights can't be handled with reconciliation

Plus... he sounds like he's just giving republicans what they wanted.

[gab13by13]

3. Why are you posting something from 3 weeks ago?

Raising the debt ceiling using reconciliation may be a Manchin position but it is also a GQP position.

[RainCaster]

4. The delusion of Ten Honest Senators persists

... in the mind of Joe Manchin.
in the heart of the twilight zone.

[Carlitos Brigante]

5. Whaaaat? And here I thought he had Sen. George Glass and some others

lined up to vote with him.......

[gab13by13]

6. Using reconciliation to pass the debt ceiling

is a GQP position because instead of pushing the debt ceiling to a future date, if reconciliation is used then Democrats would have to spell out a specific money amount instead of just pushing it to a future date.

This is why McConnell came out and stated that the GQP would have nothing to do with raising the debt ceiling. He wanted Democrats to use reconciliation and that would be a huge political talking point for the 2022 elections. Look how much money Democrats are adding to the debt.

I don't see the point of this thread.

[11 Bravo]

8. Oooooh, he's so MODERATE!