Breitbart
Democrats continue to vent over how they have been forced to negotiate with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on a potential debt ceiling deal after months of saying they would not consider discussing such a compromise.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said that he regrets that Democrats did not raise the debt ceiling during the lame-duck session in 2022 before Republicans formally took back the House in January.
“If I could do one thing different. And I was saying it at the time … ‘Hey, we got the votes,’” Kaine remarked, saying he believes that even the purportedly fiscal hawk Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) would have backed a debt ceiling hike.
A Politico report follows as Republican leadership has said they are “pressing pause” on debt limit talks with Biden.
Congressional Democrats have become frustrated at being forced to negotiate with McCarthy, which led many to pursue the “legally questionable” question of using the 14th Amendment to raise the debt limit.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a vocal progressive, called on Biden to pull out of the negotiations. He said, “Why are we negotiating? It’s just very frustrating that we have backed ourselves into this corner.”
The reason they did not vote for it last year was because they would have to own it all by themselves if they did. If the debt ceiling gets raised when the Republicans have control of the House, they can blame it all on the GOP when things go to Hell in a hand basket because of too much spending.
Meh. They’ll just blame Republicans and the media will go along with it. They will continue to steal and their thugs will remain fully funded, legally or illegally, until they steal the next election. Only people trying to make an honest living will be harmed.
Yeah, so how’s this been workin’ out for US….
“Congress had free rein over the country’s finances before the debt ceiling was created. In 1917, the debt ceiling was created during World War I to make the federal government fiscally responsible.”
I wish there was a ceiling on how much corruption was allowed.
drats, keep sucking fag-transit/illegal alien/muslim/negro dick & swallowing
all of this is total bull crap …. kabuki theater for the media to dangle before the stupid
ask yourself, how many times have we seen this? doesn’t anyone remember Obama shutting down the WWII Memorial because, uh … OMG! No Money!!! ?
they knew the repubs were going to take the House
meet today’s bullshit … same as yesterday’s bullshit
same ol’ same ol’. how many times are we gonna fall for this crap?
@ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ AT 12:16 AM
That and many others.
I think Mt Rushmore was the most ridiculous. Talk about petty
vengeful tyranny.