Republicans’ Debt Ceiling Strategy: Force Democrats to Take ‘Tough Votes’Wendell Husebø 6 Oct 2021
Democrats may have to take some tough votes on raising the debt ceiling, Senate Republicans told reporters Tuesday.
With the debt ceiling needing to be raised by October 18, Democrats will potentially need to use reconciliation to raise the amount of money the U.S. government can borrow. The process of reconciliation would force Democrats to “take some tough votes” that may impact the 2022 midterm election.
“I mean, I’m not going to be a complete bleep about it. But I’m going to make them take some tough votes,” Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who is the ranking member on the Senate Committee on the Budget, said of the Republicans’ strategy.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) reiterated the gauntlet Senate Republicans have laid for Democrats. “I’ve been here a while. I think the Democrats can pass it through reconciliation without any problem. They had to put a number on it, which we think they ought to put a number on it and let the American people see,” he said.
“They don’t want to put a number on it, but they might have to,” Shelby added. “First of all, I don’t think the Treasury is up against the window yet. I don’t know how long they have, they might have a month. It’s like the sky is falling.”
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