Cruz says GOP will block Schumer from bypassing filibuster on debt hike
By Jordain Carney - 09/28/21 12:50 PM EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Tuesday that Republicans will block an attempt by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to bypass the filibuster on the debt ceiling.
“There is no universe in which I am going to consent to lower the the threshold and make it easier for him to do so. He’s playing games. ...The games aren’t going to work,” Cruz said.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) also said that he would “absolutely” object.
“That’s helping them raise the debt ceiling,” Johnson, about if Republicans let Democrats set the vote at a simple majority.
The conservative pushback comes after Schumer announced that he would try to get consent to set up a vote that would allow them to raise the debt ceiling by a simple majority vote.
"I will ask unanimous consent for the Senate to hold a vote to increase the debt limit at a majority threshold. ...It would be very similar to the process that Leader [Mitch] McConnell cited yesterday favorably which allowed for the debt limit to be increased without the minority party providing any of the votes needed to do so," Schumer said.
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