Sen. Susan Collins floats GOP support for a debt limit hike in exchange for Democrats abandoning Bid
Source: Business Insider
Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending plan
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine suggested some Republicans would back a debt limit hike if Democrats abandoned the $3.5 trillion social spending package containing the bulk of President Joe Biden's economic agenda.
On Monday, she suggested that "some Republicans would vote to raise the debt limit if they knew the Democrats were going to abandon the $3.5 trillion package, which appears unlikely but that's an agreement that could be reached."
The Maine Republican echoed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and urged Democrats to raise it unilaterally through reconciliation. It's the same maneuver the party is using to approve their hefty social spending plan relying on only Democratic votes and bypassing unanimous GOP opposition.
Democrats aim to expand Medicare and Medicaid, ensure families can access and afford childcare, add four years to public education with universal Pre-K and tuition-free community college, and renew monthly cash payments to families in their spending plan.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-susan-collins-floats-gop-support-for-a-debt-limit-hike-in-exchange-for-democrats-abandoning-bidens-dollar35-trillion-social-spending-plan/ar-AAP8NIP?li=BBnb7Kz
Thank you for your concern Senator Collins but no thanks.
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)Just shut up Senator Collins ..
Diamond_Dog
(31,989 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(5,126 posts)wryter2000
(46,039 posts)And yes, she is.
How the fuck stupid does she think we are?
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Volaris
(10,270 posts)Fuck THAT noise. If McConnell wants to fuck around with the national economy, he can find out.
Someone should put in ONE LINE, that eliminates the debt ceiling and be done with it.
The Democratic Party does not negotiate with terrorists.
XanaDUer2
(10,662 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)She's nuts
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)A vote everyday will force the media to report it is the American Taliban party who wants to crash the economy and destroy the full faith and credit of the US!
DO it Democrats make them vote everyday no and show the American people who the real traitors are!!!!
I keep hearing in the media that the Democrats are going to get blamed but if you hold a vote every day and the pugs say no every day, then how can you get blamed? The media is obligated to report the results and if they do their job then it should be obvious. This isn't rocket science.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)We'll stay in America!
AZLD4Candidate
(5,688 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)We might not blow up the economy. That's the jist of it.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)... she's so helpful.
hatrack
(59,584 posts)"Fuck" and "You".
Any thoughts?
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)unblock
(52,206 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)along with bad thoughts, bad words, and bad images.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)The GOP will accept the surrender?
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)I really cant stand her. A long time ago, when Olympia Snowe was still in the Senate, Collins actually did seem tempered. But it has been many years since she could be considered a moderate.
Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)I think Snowe was a legit moderate Republican. Susan Collins seems like a real right winger who got to drop the facade after the reaction to her vote on the Kavanaugh nomination.
msongs
(67,401 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)you voted mind you to give 1.5 trillion in tax cuts that now has to be paid for....we don't need you to grand stand with some that are well just trying to play this out and grand stand.....
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)dchill
(38,481 posts)cadoman
(792 posts)I wouldn't take Collins' deal as it stands, but it may be easier to peel off someone like her or Romney or Murkowski with some specific enticements.
My political memory doesn't go too far back. Is there an instance of that happening?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)instead Sue - 2 terms only - Collins was re-eleacted for another inconsequential 6 years. A damn shame when we had a person like George Mitchell as SML back 20 years ago...
Javaman
(62,521 posts)high.
NJCher
(35,661 posts)Learn how to make a serious offer.
Homework: go to a garage sale this weekend.
Observe transactions.
Tony_FLADEM
(3,023 posts)I would agree to her demands and then after they raise the debt ceiling, work on a social spending bill that's lower.
Technically that isn't lying and even if that breaks the spirit of the agreement who cares.
RussBLib
(9,006 posts)Your idea is workable. Extreme times calling for extreme measures.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)after the debt ceiling is raised....
Martin68
(22,794 posts)Skittles
(153,156 posts)fuck ANYONE who ever voted for her
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)She really needs to research Biden and Harris constituents..for therein lies this..for real..in other words..we will let you pay the debt we ran up..and we will not let you spend any amount to help the American people..say it the way it is Susie..
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)they'll treat her proposal with the "concern" it deserves.
...also fuck her.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)This is laughable. Who the fuck does she think she is?
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)We had an election and Republicans lost so it is really selfish to think that you still get to call the shots. And this coming from the woman that believed Kavanaugh that he would not vote to overturn Roe v. Wade because of Stare Decisis. This is a woman that cannot be trusted to stand by any kind of deal. If she fears the fallout of Republicans being blamed for shutting down the government then she need to make those concerns know to Moscow Mitch in no uncertain terms. I'm not holding my breath.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)Eat shit!
Rowdyag
(105 posts)Eat shit and die.
Thunderbeast
(3,406 posts)Office of the Majority Leader
Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20021
Dear Senator Collins,
Thank you for your constructive proposal in offering Republican support for lifting the debt limit. The proposed exchange of Democrats abandoning the President's domestic agenda in exchange is thought provoking and completely consistent with Republican values.
I wonder what part of the "Build Back Better" legislation troubles you so. Is it the fact that it is a means to distribute the bounty of our wealthy nation to the poor and middle classes? Is it the unfamiliar concept of providing benefits to citizens that are fully paid for by revenue increases and operational efficiencies?
While intriguing in it's bravado, I can not forsee a time when this proposal will be acceptable to the American people. Perhaps a counter offer should be considered: The bill to allow the treasury to pay the bills ALREADY authorized by the Congress and several Presidents be approve by UNANIMOUS CONSENT. It can be the first step in your party's return to governance rather than obstruction.
I am returning your proposal via Senate page. I believe that the modifications to this offer are best accomplished internally...That is, in the confines of your lower colon. By rolling the document tightly, it can comfortably be inserted via your rectum.
Sincerely,
Chuck Schumer
Majority Leader
PatSeg
(47,419 posts)Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)OMGWTF
(3,955 posts).
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)wonder if Moscow mitch helped her on that statement ?
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)that might work.
sloopdog50
(36 posts)Sit down and STFU.
FBaggins
(26,731 posts)Not really helpful
Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)SomewhereInTheMiddle
(285 posts)We'll reluctantly give you what we want if you willingly give up what you want.
Or we'll let you spend money as long as it is not to buy things you want.
Gotta love good faith politics.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)The story of Solomon and the two women who claimed to be the babies mother. Essentially the GOP is willing to potentially kill the country to prevent Biden from passing his economic agenda.
Why not add raising the debt ceiling into his bill?
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,807 posts)And fuck every jackwipe dipshit in Maine who voted for your sorry ass. Fucking terrorist.
sinkingfeeling
(51,448 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)Are we supposed to fall for this again??? How many times has she pulled this bullshit? When Reid was running the Senate, she kept dangling that damn carrot on a bill for veterans, making him go back and tweak it a few times because it just wasn't quite right enough for her to vote for. Then when she got everything she wanted, she still voted against it because "he took too much time". Are we supposed to fall for this AGAIN? Fuck her.
Bayard
(22,062 posts)Mad_Mongol
(86 posts)and her reprobate clan can go pound sand.
This is a great lever for Biden to move Manchin & Sinema curtail the filibuster in matters of National funding.
At which point reconciliation becomes unnecessary.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)They'll raise the debt ceiling because if they don't, it means no spending their pet projects that have already been approved.
Martin68
(22,794 posts)That's what passes for "compromise" in her little tiny universe?
riversedge
(70,204 posts)Trueblue1968
(17,215 posts)honest.abe
(8,678 posts)In fact it might actually benefit us politically as it signals a common sense approach to our fiscal responsibility.
speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)raise taxes.