Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/01/21/biden-aides-want-force-gop-abandon-debt-limit-threats/
https://archive.ph/IBw3Z

Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats
White House officials see enormous downsides to either negotiating with Republicans on spending limit or trying to resolve impasse unilaterally
By Jeff Stein and Theodoric Meyer
January 21, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST

Shortly after last year’s midterm elections, a senior congressional Democrat called White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and asked how the administration planned to prevent the new Republican House majority from using the debt ceiling — and the threat of a default that could wreck the economy — to force spending cuts.

Klain said the White House’s plan was straightforward, according to the lawmaker: Refuse to entertain any concessions, and launch a barrage of attacks highlighting the GOP position that would force Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to fold.

“This debate is simple: We want to do the responsible thing, and they want to take the entire American economy hostage to cut Social Security and Medicare,” said the member of Congress, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect private conversations. Klain told the lawmaker that the fight could result in substantial political benefits for the Democratic Party. “The point he was making was clear: You can’t negotiate with people who take hostages.”

But the question remains what the administration will do if Republicans won’t raise the debt limit without negotiations.

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[padfun]

1. The one trillion dollar coin.

print a few of them.

[Walleye]

4. I really like that idea. Let's hear the right wingers talk about political norms.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. So, what, the 'hostage negotiators' we see on the teevee crime shows ... aren't a real thing? (nt)

[Walleye]

3. Why would you negotiate with these people when they just lie all the time and go back on their word

No point in negotiating when the other side is completely untrustworthy and ungrounded in fact

[librechik]

5. We need to be on TV constantly explaining. Where is our Lincoln Project viral video?

Calling Professor Reich!

[Midnight Writer]

6. You can't negotiate with people who don't believe in reality.

[lame54]

7. The fallout is the point...

Steve Bannon's deconstruction of the administrative state