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sprinkleeninow

(20,952 posts)
Sun May 28, 2023, 12:22 PM May 2023

AOL News: Republicans criticize McCarthy, Biden debt ceiling deal

Excerpt:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the U.S. borrowing limit, the next challenge for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing it through the House, where hardline Republicans are already threatening to sink it.

https://www.aol.com/mccarthys-next-challenge-sell-debt-143036447.html

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AOL News: Republicans criticize McCarthy, Biden debt ceiling deal (Original Post) sprinkleeninow May 2023 OP
Hopefully budget will pass bucolic_frolic May 2023 #1
I'll rest a whole lot easier when a positive outcome. nt sprinkleeninow May 2023 #2
That's what I am praying for! BlueKota May 2023 #3
If the Reps sink this... Chi67 May 2023 #4
Exactly. Ball is in their court now, and everyone knows it. Midnight Writer May 2023 #5
The problem is, they're convinced Biden would be blamed peppertree May 2023 #6

Midnight Writer

(23,991 posts)
5. Exactly. Ball is in their court now, and everyone knows it.
Sun May 28, 2023, 02:44 PM
May 2023

Whatever political advantage they hoped to leverage with a default is now gone.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
6. The problem is, they're convinced Biden would be blamed
Mon May 29, 2023, 08:06 AM
May 2023

For most Republicans, passing up on a default is passing up a great opportunity.

The harm it would do to the nation, and millions of American families (including themselves)?

Meh. You make an omelet, you break a few eggs.

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