“I don’t know whether to be concerned or not,” House Budget Chair John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said in an interview. “I’ve been told not to be concerned.”

Cool

  • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    “Are we really going to find 10 Senate Republicans to prevent these cuts after they’ve found Jesus again on the national debt? Let’s be real,” the aide said in a statement. “There’s a good chance they will allow these cuts to happen and paint Democrats as the ones who are responsible since we have total power in Congress and the White House.”

    Groundhog saw its own shadow, 6 more decades of this dog and pony show

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    Gotta take this with a grain of salt, because Politico.

    This is the old Reagan Era "Debt Ceiling" gimmick, where we are always and forever six weeks from bankruptcy unless Congress writes "No we're not" on a piece of paper and hands it to the Treasury.