Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed bill to suspend the debt limit and avert a government shutdown from advancing in the Senate on Monday.
The move comes after Republicans had insisted that Democrats act alone to address the debt limit and leaves Congress without a clear plan to keep the government open with the threat of a potential shutdown looming by the end of the week.Government funding is set to expire on September 30, and the stopgap bill the House approved last week would extend funding and keep the government open through December 3. In addition, the measure includes a debt limit suspension through December 16, 2022.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has made clear for months that Republicans will not vote to increase the federal borrowing limit, setting the stage for a major showdown over the issue. McConnell's threat has prompted outrage from Democrats, who have said the GOP leader is playing a dangerous game that could tank the US economy.
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The Dems and Reps parties are so irresponsible with our money
WTF is he still in office?
Just a thought: block their pay, let's see what happens.
Repub demons flee and go now. The party done like a door nail!👍 it is like a stick of chocolate now a heap of sweet sticky mess! 😆😅
Good for them. 👏👏👏
WHy do we have people that are over 1000 running the show at this point. All they all do is fight and bicker like old married couples about things that shouldve been worked out or moved past years ago. Pathetic at this point the way these two parties DONT work together
7.8 trillion of which they created under trump & now don’t want to ante up, such hypocrisy!
Of course.
Stop referring to Mitch and Kev as leaders They are trying to tank the Dems to boost the QOP. Not a shred of courage left in either LeaderMcConnell GOPLeader
So mitch won't pay for all that spending trump did.
D.Dump added 7 trillion to the National debt - repubs talk and act out of both sides - just to muck up the other party - what do they care about Americans that who are not rich & white?
McConnell is suffering from short-term memory loss. Like two years ago. Either that or it is selective memory loss.
End the filibuster.
Wow
Block, negate, do anything to stop any kind of progress. A party that has not come up with a good idea in several years just gets in the way. Don’t negotiate changes in bills, don’t push alternatives, just block. Only plan they have is to lie about elections and medical issues
Cứ nc làm quen713 đi đã.
Moscow Mitch earning his rubles.
votehimOUT
Why don’t we suspend the weasels pay?
They are holding to their agenda just as they said they would. No mercy for GOP at the upcoming elections!
At some point you need to tell the credit card company you don't want that limit increase
The turtleneckman strikes again…
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They are bozos 👎😡
Impeach the whole Biden Administration
Shut this MF down already
Grinch
These guys rule. Very cool dudes
So, what else is new. Expect this lack of concern by the republicans. They are only concerned about themselves and their own personal fortunes
If McConnell thinks this is a winning strategy wait till those folks in Louisiana hear about no more disaster relief for that horrific hurricane.
A strong majority of Americans support this. A strong majority of Americans want Roe v. Wade kept as it is. Force a vote. Let them show the country who they are
Why doesn’t this man go back to his crypt.
How about we suspend the pay of the senate and house until they do something for our country.
Be real. It’s to fund phony projects
Call his bluff Biden seems so weak and not up to the current challenges.
Republicans are DANGEROUS! When does this sink into the national conciousness! Their pandemic INCOMPETENCE has already cause severe economic damage and KILLED hundreds of thousands of Americans! This should be very upsetting to all Americans! Why is it tolerated?
I guess Republicans need to save that money to continue giving massive tax breaks to the rich...to hell with protecting the people of the US from a crumbling infrastructure.
This winter should be fun. 6 million MORE people unemployed. Prices skyrocketing. COVID going wild. But hey, at least we recounted the election 3 times in AZ. Let’s do it again. We don’t look like idiots.
GOP is surely Trump's party—don't pay the bills nor taxes.
The SenateGOP will shut down the government on the middle class and poor. But will give a $7.8 trillion free fall to the richest. They want us to pay for a Republican trump administration creation. While the rich go into Outspace. PayYourBillsRepublicans. Freeloaders.
What political crap? The debt went up very considerably under the Republican years in the WH by giving fat tax cuts to the wealthy, their staunch supporters.
Disgraceful
It would be great if the Dems gave them the middle figure and changed senate rules.
That’s a cool looking turtle in the pic. Wonder how old it is?
Mitch McConnell is a cunt
Sounds about right
GOP trying to shut our government down .
Can't say I'm shocked
McConnell had no problem giving uber rich massive tax credits during TFGs reign, now the bill has come due and he's skipping out!!! Hate McConnell with a white hot passion.
- shorter is better: Republicans vote to shut down government.
Did donny command you to do that , all of you are still obedient to your cult leader , the majority of America is watching and will vote you out of office
What else is new. They can care less they are stressing out people who will get paid by that budget. I have family that are federal employees. The Senate need to do their job!
So this means people mostly seniors and the disabled won't get our checks. We won't be able to pay rent or utilities.
…the Democrats have the House, Senate and Presidency, yet they can’t get anything passed…whose really in charge 😒
Mitch McConnell had the investigation into his wife squashed and the investigator fired. Why isn't anyone looking into this.
Doesn’t impact you, unless you’re a lower tiered government worker making less than eighty thousand dollars a year, paying $2k in rent and utilities. Those are the people who get screwed! Not Congress. F these guys!
Another reason for Democrats to eliminate the filibuster
Why would anyone ever vote for a republican? The debt limit is about paying bills that are due. Nothing to do with future debt.
Good!
As long as the current rules exist, the Byden administration will have to obey this result. that's all
It’s about their own WEALTH then that of the American people.
They just keep giving me reasons to never vote Republican again.
JUST IN: Democrats let senate republicans block a bill because they are afraid to end the filibuster. They have the majority and continue to fail at their jobs. Fixed the headline for you.
I think we can all agree… no matter who is president, republicans and democrats suck and the system is broken!
GOP are masters of chaos and division. RT to LeaderMcConnell...GOPLeader
50 Democrats plus Kamala makes majority. Democrats outwitted again.
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