Speaker Pelosi Just Outsmarted Mitch McConnell By Using His Own Debt Ceiling Proposal Against Him

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https://www.politicususa.com/2021/10/12/speaker-pelosi-just-outsmarted-mitch-mcconnell.html

Posted on Tue, Oct 12th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Speaker Pelosi Just Outsmarted Mitch McConnell By Using His Own Debt Ceiling Proposal Against Him


At her weekly press conference, Speaker Pelosi announced that House Democrats are using Mitch McConnell’s debt ceiling proposal as a potential permanent fix.

Link to tweet

Speaker Pelosi said:

In terms of the debt ceiling, we are just hoping that we can do this in a bipartisan way. Are all kinds of suggestions that members have. One that really was endorsed a while back by Mitch McConnell. But who knows, you know, who knows? But it was — the manifestation of it now, Mr. Yarmouth and Mr. Boyle have put forth, puts the responsibility on the Secretary of the Treasury to make the determination to lift the debt ceiling.

That decision could be overruled by the congress. It would take 60 votes under the present custom. But nonetheless, congress would have to overrule that. That seems to have some appeal to both sides of the aisle because of the consequences to people of not lifting it. But many Democrats and Republicans have voted against lifting the debt ceiling, but never to the extent of jeopardizing it. This is the first time.

Speaker Pelosi Has Turned The Tables On Mitch McConnell

Speaker Pelosi is going to use Mitch McConnell’s own ideas against him and expose his hypocrisy by making him vote against his own proposals.

The idea behind the McConnell idea is a good one. The debt ceiling is too vital to the US economy. It should not be a political football in the hands of congress.

The debt ceiling is an artificial construct. It is not in the constitution. Congress can choose to handle US debt any way that it pleases as long as it does not put the full faith and credit of the United States in jeopardy.

Over and over again, Democrats have outsmarted McConnell on the debt ceiling, and the best move of all will be to free the debt ceiling hostage forever by using Minority Leader McConnell’s own idea against him.

[doc03]

1. He will claim he was taken out of context or

just lie

[jimfields33]

4. He'll actually say bring it. He'll make sure it dies in the senate like everything else he touches

He’s done that for ten years or however long he’s been minority leader though out his tenure. When he’s majority, he seems to find a way to pass house bills.

[SergeStorms]

7. Shitcan the filibuster....

and that puts McConnell on the back burner where he belongs.

But then there's the Sinema/Manchin problem. How do we get those two "mavericks" on board?

[SergeStorms]

10. Marathon fundraiser.

She sucks up to more corporate donors than the Better Business Bureau. Such a maverick.

[SergeStorms]

13. Only if....

you dress like a color-blind teenager with absolutely no fashion sense whatsoever.

Only then will I accept your overly pretentious negative feedback of said "maverick" nomenclature.

She's a walking disaster in almost every respect. In defense of Ms. Sinema, she apparently does practice good dental hygiene. 😉 There, I've said something nice about her.

[bedazzled]

16. Cyndi Lauper without the talent

intelligence, good looks and fashion sense.

This is in congress?

[SeattleVet]

9. He'll pull the same crap he did with Garland and Barrett...

"This is different because the party in power is different."

[caraher]

12. Exactly

He is the model of consistency. The only principal to consult is whether it is to the advantage of his party or disadvantage of the Democrats.

"My proposal is only good when the Secretary of the Treasury is a Republican"

[Walleye]

2. It sounds pretty straightforward to me

[Leith]

3. Remember when he filibustered his own bill?

Claire McCaskill got whiplash!

[Fullduplexxx]

6. He wont give a sht

A

[empedocles]

14. My bet is on the Speaker. Pelosi is the best