Debt ceiling deadline moved to June 5

[LetMyPeopleVote]

There is some more time to resolve this issue

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[pandr32]

1. Likely to make sure people get their government issued checks deposited.

[Lovie777]

4. This..................

[MontanaMama]

2. Rethuglican manufactured drama has been extended.

I'm sure the MSM is loving this.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. The deadline has been moved

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[Sneederbunk]

5. Who did not see this coming?

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

6. Goalposts come with wheels nowadays, but we know that

[Beautiful Disaster]

7. This is a poor look from Yellen.

The Republicans already cast doubt on her initial claim of the deadline being June 1st.

Now she's moving it to the 5th. It makes it look arbitrary.

[Midwestern Democrat]

8. She has always made clear that June 1st wasn't the absolutely certain drop dead date -

she's always said that we could likely go a few days beyond the 1st but not much more - she's specifically said that June 15th would almost certainly be too late. Given the stakes involved, I don't see a big problem with being very slightly conservative with a date estimate.