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| Senate GOP blocks bill that would fund government and suspend debt limit, as time runs short to avoid shutdown and default |
| 2021-09-28 |
| [CNBC] Can you smell the panic-spin? I thought the Dems OWNED the Senate with Kamalahoe as tie-breaker? Flop-sweat time Congress is running out of time to prevent a shutdown and a default. Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a bill that would fund the government and suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, leaving Democrats scrambling to avoid a possible economic calamity. The House-passed legislation would have funded the government into December and suspended the U.S. debt ceiling into December of next year, after the midterm congressional elections. Lawmakers need to approve government funding before Friday to avoid a shutdown. The U.S. risks default if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling by a point that is likely to come in October, according to the Treasury Department. After every House Republican opposed the measure, the Senate GOP also refused to help Democrats suspend the debt limit. In a 48-50 vote, all Republican senators opposed advancing the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted no as a procedural move so he can bring up the bill again later. Democrats now have to pull off a daunting series of maneuvers to avoid a sequence of events that could ravage the economy and cost millions of Americans their jobs. The Republican opposition may force them to pass a short-term funding bill with GOP support, then approve a debt limit suspension on their own — potentially as part of their up to $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan. "The Republican Party has solidified itself as the party of default, and it will be the American people who pay the price," Schumer said after the vote. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 House election time in 2022. Dem candidates are going to have trouble defending the Biden adminstration. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-09-28 22:55 |
| #5 There appear to be more than a few Democrats who don't want to be blamed for what their leadership wants. Sometimes lemmings balk just before jumping off the precipice. |
| Posted by: jpal 2021-09-28 19:45 |
| #4 Riddle me this: Which party has the majority? It has a majority in the House, and 50 seats AND the tie breaker in Senate, and it can pass most laws on a party line vote if they have the guts to actually take the blame. Schumer and the scumbag press, Which Party? |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2021-09-28 18:49 |
| #3 The Biden administration is in a free-fall with a new failure and revelation coming daily. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-09-28 18:19 |
| #2 Those wascally Wepubwicans. Don't they know how the government is supposed to work? Get some $$$ in the bill for your home state and pass it. Reelection assured. |
| Posted by: jpal 2021-09-28 16:52 |
| #1 Doesn’t shutdown mean that all non-essential personnel stay home, but the essential ones have to keep working even though they aren’t being paid? I think this is a marvelous idea. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-28 15:21 |