Senate GOP predicts they'll have 10 votes for debt deal
By Jordain Carney - 12/07/21 01:31 PM EST
Top Senate Republicans are predicting that they'll get enough GOP support to help advance a deal on the debt ceiling, as GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) pitches his caucus on the agreement.
Under the deal, the House and Senate will first need to pass a bill that sets up a subsequent one-time simple-majority vote to raise the debt ceiling.
Though Democrats would then be able to raise the debt ceiling on their own, they would still need 10 GOP votes to advance the initial legislation that lays out how the debt ceiling vote will work.
The House introduced the bill Wednesday that sets up and lays out the instructions for the debt ceiling vote, and could vote to approve it as soon as Wednesday.
"The clear is ...the majority party has to raise the votes to raise the debt limit. And the Democrats know that, and they're willing to do it.... We think that's a perfectly appropriate way to handle this," said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican.
Thune added that he believed they would be able to get 10 GOP votes for the deal.
more
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/584725-senate-gop-predicts-theyll-have-10-votes-for-debt-deal
