Democrats have begun collecting signatures for discharge petition to bring vote on borrowing limit to House floor
A Politico analysis today points out that Democrat Joe Manchin and now-Independent Kyrsten Sinema have been angling themselves to be big players in the debt ceiling debate. While all of Manchin’s Democratic colleagues have been saying the party will refuse to negotiate budget cuts over the debt ceiling – Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer called the House Republicans’ debt ceiling bill “dead on arrival” – Manchin has been pushing for bipartisan talks, which would likely end up with some kind of budget cuts.
“I think there’s a better way to approach it,” Manchin said on Monday, adding that there are “a lot of things we can agree on” over McCarthy’s bill.
Continue reading…Democrats have begun collecting signatures for discharge petition to bring vote on borrowing limit to House floorA Politico analysis today points out that Democrat Joe Manchin and now-Independent Kyrsten Sinema have been angling themselves to be big players in the debt ceiling debate. While all of Manchin’s Democratic colleagues have been saying the party will refuse to negotiate budget cuts over the debt ceiling – Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer called the House Republicans’ debt ceiling bill “dead on arrival” – Manchin has been pushing for bipartisan talks, which would likely end up with some kind of budget cuts.“I think there’s a better way to approach it,” Manchin said on Monday, adding that there are “a lot of things we can agree on” over McCarthy’s bill. Continue reading…