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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The House has passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling.  Ball is in Senate court--along with the President.[/quote]

A clean bill? Or did they just pretend to pass something that raises the debt if we ignore that it cuts veterans benefits or some irresponsible bill-killing stuff like that? [/quote]

Ah yes, let's let the Senate pass a clean spending bill or perhaps one that cuts military spending by 25%, gets rid of the Bush and Trump tax cuts, makes capital gains taxes for those making more than $400K equal to the income tax, and eliminate the cap on social security payments. We'd be rolling in revenue and be able to fund ALL of President's priorities.

Lastly, don't think for a sec that if the shoe is on the foot, that Democrats won't decide to flip the script next time the debt limit is reached. We default. We go into a recession. If Republicans win the white house, then Democrats will happily hold the debt ceiling hostage to their wish list of demands. Careful what you wish for, PP. That's why it's always been a clean bill in the past.[/quote] Have the Dems ever done that (recently?)  I seem to recall it being Republicans the ones to shut down the government, at least in the last 20 years.[/quote]

There was an Obama shutdown. Ted Cruz was a new senator and was holding funding to implement the ACA hostage.  I’m a Fed and had to work unpaid, but I still think it was a fight worth having. [/quote]

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