Democrats Angry Debt Limit Might Pause Their Overspending Spree
Republican lawmakers’ profligacy does not give Democrats carte blanche to pursue even more reckless levels of spending.
By Christopher Jacobs
July 26, 2021
A typical Washington fight erupted last week, as Democrats expressed outrage at the thought of anyone or anything slowing down their “tax-and-spend express.” The controversy emerged when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, made comments to Punchbowl News regarding an increase in the debt limit:
I can’t imagine there will be a single Republican voting to raise the debt ceiling after what we’ve been experiencing… I can’t imagine a single Republican in this environment that we’re in now—this free-for-all for taxes and spending—to vote to raise the debt limit.
His Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, retorted that McConnell “should not be playing political games with the full faith and credit of the United States,” claiming that “this debt is Trump debt. It’s COVID debt.”
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