The pressure is increasing on the rethug obstructionist

[Beachnutt]

Treasury tells Congress it will suspend some federal retirement funding after debt limit breach
CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/debt-limit-treasury-suspends-some-federal-retirement-funding.html

[Hope22]

1. Interesting.

Congress will certainly hear those phones ringing! Also Manchin says the easiest solution to the SS/ Medicare problem is to raise the cap! OMG, the first time ever I have heard anything sensible out of the man’s mouth!

[progressoid]

4. Really? He said that?

WOW.

[Hope22]

5. Here...

The senator indicated he was open to raising the income cap for Social Security taxes.

“I’m open to basically raising – the easiest and quickest thing we can do is raise the cap,” he said.



https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/politics/joe-manchin-debt-ceiling-cnntv/index.html

[progressoid]

6. Thanks. Wonder if he would actually follow through on that.

[tritsofme]

2. These "extraordinary measures" have been employed numerous times over the last decade

They will only feel the pressure as these measures come close to exhaustion.

[republianmushroom]

3. just do it