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moniss

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10. They weren't there the last 2 years

Reply to carpetbagger (Reply #9)

Thu Nov 17, 2022, 03:09 AM

Nov 2022

and we have that debt limit vote coming up in less than 6 weeks. I have a good hunch that they will agree to pass a very short term debt limit bill only if it contains something on the SS increase that's scheduled. Maybe until Spring of 2023 and then they'll have to vote again. Every time is going to be an opportunity for them to get concessions.

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This might have been the best outcome for our democracy. [View all] Qutzupalotl Nov 2022 OP

Good summation, but I do think it was a humiliating defeat for the gqp. They spent 700+ million PortTack Nov 2022 #1

Thanks for the reminder. Qutzupalotl Nov 2022 #4

Again your summation was really great! PortTack Nov 2022 #5

With the country this divided, the GOP is going to have to figure out where they stand. Initech Nov 2022 #2

Even if they don't side with tRump I predict tjat tje alternative will be as bad or worse. CentralMass Nov 2022 #6

I hear you but I'm moniss Nov 2022 #3

The votes are not there in the senate, so it doesn't matter what manchin or Sinema do, or what PortTack Nov 2022 #7

How do you propose moniss Nov 2022 #8

Find their Manchin and their Sinema. carpetbagger Nov 2022 #9

They weren't there the last 2 years moniss Nov 2022 #10

And why we need Sen. WARNOCK REELECTED onetexan Nov 2022 #12

Democracy depends upon a rational opposition so the majority... TreasonousBastard Nov 2022 #11

No Meowmee Nov 2022 #13