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45 republicans would be willing to agree to allow a debt ceiling increase to come to a vote as long as they did not have to cast a public ballot. in other words, 45 republican senators would be happy to allow the debt ceiling increase to come to a vote if they werent senators. senators have to vote publicly. thats the job. that is the thing that senator roy blunt is saying republican senators do not want to do. they dont want to vote publicly. democratic senator brian of hawaii is quoted by "the...

Biden and his new woke left friends are trying to ram down the american peoples throat. >> martha: chad pergram just reported that he thinks the effort that would break the filibuster for the first time as a carve out for a legislative break to the filibuster. weve seen it with judicial nominations. that would be really be forging new ground -- joe manchin says he doesnt want to do it. so hes a no on that. >> i wouldnt make that assumption. now, im not saying hes a no or a yes. >> martha: im goi...

Who both argued they want to preserve that. would they see this exception as potentially so important to the countrys economic future and the potential calamity that would happen if the debt ceiling wasnt increased, would they change their minds on this specific carveout? thats what were trying to understand right now. yesterday, joe manchin did not answer our questions, specifically about it, saying that he thought that schumer and mcconnell should get in a room and come to some kind of consens...

Department, our military families, and our position of leadership in the world. this is not good for anyone, in fact, its bad for everyone. and it will be equally bad a few weeks from now when were back to groundhog day and democrats have to go through the same process, and figure out, all over again, how to get this done without republican help. manu raju is outfront on capitol hill. so, manu, okay. this is -- this is sort of, you know, like delaying -- delaying the death penalty here for a few...

For the sake of raising the debt ceiling. the question is whether the democrats are going to do that or whether theyre going to get back into a corner by mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell is saying he wants the democrats to use the reconciliation process, the same process theyre using to pass the biden build back better economic agenda. they want them to use the same process to raise the debt ceiling. chuck schumer and joe biden dont want to do that for among other reasons it would take a lot of ...

Congress decided several decades ago the act of passing a budget every year is too important and too critical to the work of government to have it be subject to the filibuster, were going to carve out a special process where you can pass a budget by a 50-vote standard. so theres already an exception to the filibuster that exists for passing the budget. surely passing a debt ceiling increase and preventing a default on the u.s. economy cratering is just as important, they should have a similar ex...

It. theres a clear path to achieve raising the debt ceiling, which must happen. america must not ever default. and doing it with democrats only. theyve had plenty of time to execute the debt ceiling increase and have chosen not to do it. >> senate republicans have manufactured a crisis that threatens to plunge our economy back into a recession. we do not have the luxury of using a drawn out convoluted and risky process. we could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorr...

New exception to the filibuster rules and go nuclear for the sake of raising the debt ceiling. the question is whether the democrats are going to do that or whether theyre going to get backed into a corner here by mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell is saying he wants the democrats to use this reconciliation process, the same process theyre using to pass the biden build back better economic agenda, they want them to use the same process to raise the debt ceiling. chuck schumer and joe biden with do...

Commander in chief, president trump, you know hes losing. that flushing sound that you heard in the video the protesters chased and kyrsten sinema and her students into the bathroom, the flushing sound is their agenda going down the toilet. democrats could raise the debt ceiling on their own. they control the white house. senate, and house of representatives. when asked about catching a debt ceiling increase into the reconciliation bill, president bidens response was, i dont mean to confuse the ...

Going to be extraordinarily painful experiment for the middle class families of our country. >> bret: well, lawmakers talking about the debt cereal increase senator mcconnell sending a letter saying in 2003, 2004, 2006, mr. president you joined senate democrats in-posing increases and made republicans do it ourselves. you explained on the senate floor that your no votes did not mean you wanted the majority to let the country default but, rather, that the presidents party had to take responsibili...