Joe Biden Threatens Change of Senate Filibuster Rules in Debt Standoff

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Joe Biden Threatens Change of Senate Filibuster Rules in Debt Standoff

Charlie Spiering 6 Oct 2021

President Joe Biden floated the proposal Tuesday of getting rid of the filibuster rules in the Senate to raise the debt limit.

“Oh, I think that’s a real possibility,” Biden replied when asked by reporters if he would consider the idea to prevent the country from defaulting on the nation’s debt.

The president commented shortly as he returned to the White House from Michigan, where he campaigned for his multitrillion-dollar entitlement spending agenda.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans oppose raising the debt ceiling, demanding that Democrats raise the debt limit by themselves using budget reconciliation.

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[Elderberry]

I hope it doesn't come to this!

[EdinVA]

biden runs the executive branch, not the legislative.
Although he has a mouth, he does not have the hammer to back it up.

[DefiantMassRINO]

They need to go back to the speaking fillibuster - the one where it takes 60 votes to end debate.

The current fillibuster has too low of a cost.  It's much less effort to phone in the fillibuster than to spend hours, or days, holding the Senate Floor by reading the phone book.

[catfish1957]

The time is now to end any cooperation of any kind with the Democratic Party.  Their philosphy of changing the rules when it benefits them has to stop.